THREE Indonesian children are feared to be the latest victims of bird flu as the Asian Development Bank warned the disease could trigger a global recession if a pandemic breaks out.

INDONESIA yesterday said an outbreak of bird flu in its teeming capital could become an epidemic as health and agricultural experts from around the world converged on Jakarta to help control the virus.

TWO children have been hospitalised in Indonesia with suspected bird flu, and the government put the country on high alert yesterday as it struggled to contain a virus that has killed four people.