Passengers and visitors at Honolulu International Airport will not be required to submit to examinations but will be tested only voluntarily using nose or throat specimens taken at the airport clinic. Passengers could also be referred to the clinic by an airline or medical personnel.
On Saturday, a 19-year-old woman died of bird flu in Indonesia and an 8-year-old boy from her family was hospitalized with the virus. The bird flu cases have also been reported in China and Vietnam over the weekend.
The World Bank is considering a package between $300 million and $500 million which could be used by low-income countries to "supplement government resources, to strengthen the veterinary systems and to put in place culling and vaccine programs for animals," according to Jim Adams, the World Bank's vice president for operations policy and country services.
