JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia reported a new bird flu infection in a human on Saturday, whi... Indonesia reports new bird

Countries around the world are trying to stockpile Tamiflu, which helps reduce flu symptoms in humans, in case there is a human pandemic - which experts fear could happen if the deadly H5N1 bird flu strain mutates into a form that passes easily between people.

Indonesia and Vietnam have secured permission from Swiss-based drug maker Roche Holding AG to produce the medicine on their own. Other countries are in talks with the company.

Taiwan's Intellectual Property Office said the island would request a "compulsory license" to make Tamiflu once its Roche-supplied stocks are used up.

However, in a statement on its Web site, Roche said Taiwan's move was unnecessary because "agreed delivery timelines will be met by Roche." The company confirmed it would complete delivery of 2.3 million Tamiflu treatments, covering 10 per cent of Taiwan's population, next year.

Indonesia's Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari said Saturday that Indonesia hopes to start producing the drug within five months, and wants to stockpile enough to treat about 22 million people - around a tenth of its population.

"We don't want to Indonesia to become the source a bird flu pandemic," Supari told reporters. "This shows that we are serious in dealing with bird flu."

Earlier Saturday, Indonesian health officials confirmed that a 16-year-old boy had tested positive for H5N1, bringing to 12 the number of cases reported in Indonesia. Seven have been fatal.

Senior Health Ministry official Hariadi Wibisono said the boy, from the town of Bandung, about 150 kilometres south of the capital, Jakarta, probably had contact with infected chickens. His condition was not immediately clear.

China detected a new H5N1 outbreak in its northern Inner Mongolia region, the Agricultural Ministry said Friday, bringing the country's number of outbreaks in recent weeks to at least 22.

The latest outbreak killed 246 birds at a farm near Zalantun city on Nov. 20, prompting officials to kill 16,567 birds in the area, the ministry said.

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