Indonesia is still digging in its heels over access to the most recent strains of the H5N1 flu virus.
Hit by most of the recent human cases of H5N1, Indonesia holds virus samples that could help develop the most effective vaccine if H5N1 goes pandemic. But the country has refused to share its samples without guarantees from rich nations that it will be allowed access to vaccines derived from them. So far it has sent the World Health Organization samples from only two of its 16 known cases this year.
A partial solution was reached last week when the Indonesian…
