China urges joint efforts to fight bird flu

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Peter Coredingley, Public Info. Officer World Health Organization, said, "So quite clearly, if any thought this virus has gone to sleep and the problem was over it hasn't, it is still out there and it has becoming quite active at the moment."

Regional leaders are discussing specific measures to control bird flu which has devastated many of the region's poultry farms in the past three years. Premier Wen Jiabao addressed the issue at this weekend's summits in the Philippines where leaders from all bird flu hit Asian countries had gathered. In fact, some collaboration efforts have already begun.