Research is underway in Indonesia to formulate a typical bird flu vaccine suitable for the local people and the results are expected to come in November, the health minister said Friday.

Minister Siti Fadilah Supari said the Indonesian version of H5N1 vaccine will be fully produced at home once the research is completed.

"Hopefully, there will be no further impediments because formulating the vaccine is really a daunting task," she told reporters here.

It will take another three to six months to test the vaccine before mass reproduction begins, she said.

Supari said earlier that Indonesia needs to formulate its own vaccine suitable to Indonesians, as the death toll from the virus has reached 42.

To make a vaccine effective, it should be adjusted to the physical conditions of the local people, she said.

Source: Xinhua