Between a third and a half of the human-to-bird transmission cases reported since 2003 have been in Indonesia, with Vietnam coming in second, according to the World Health Organization as referenced by this Medical News Today story:
- "...Health experts in Indonesia estimate that up to 60 million Indonesians will become infected if the virus starts to spread from human to human.
...The drill, which runs for three days, started earlier today in the Bali village of Tukaddaya, situated about 50 miles (80 kilometers) west of the capital, Denpasar. The simulation started when a man went down to the village clinic with symptoms of the deadly bird flu virus.
The scenario plays out with 'reasonable' assumptions. At first, doctors think the man has been infected via the sick or dead bird route, and it is only when they question him further and he explains he has not been in contact with sick or dead birds, that they start to consider the frightening prospect of human to human infection.
They trace the virus to another man in the village, which is then sealed off and containment procedures are launched, including the slaughter of chickens and ducks and isolating any other humans who may be infected, as they also come forward with similar symptoms.
The simulation ends on Sunday, before which officials will even try to stop supposedly infected air passengers from boarding planes at the international airport, said a Reuters report."
The WHO has a comprehensive fact sheet and news updates on the avian influenza at their website.
