Indonesia's bird flu outbreak is showing signs of abating, an agriculture ministry official said this morning.
Mr Bachtiar Moerad, director of veterinary health, said that although new bird flu cases were still being recorded on Java and Bali islands, the overall numbers had fallen in recent months compared to the peak period late last year.
The outbreak has killed up to 6.2 million chickens across the archipelago.
Last week, the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organisation urged affected nations not to restock poultry farms too quickly to prevent the disease from flaring up again.
Bird flu spread across much of Asia from late last year, killing more than 20 people, and forcing authorities to slaughter tens of millions of fowl to halt the advance of the epidemic.
