Pepper
12-11-2004, 07:16 PM
Latest report on bird flu in Thailand
BANGKOK, Dec 11 – There were 24 suspected bird flu cases in Thailand in the second half of 2004, according to the government’s Avian Influenza Operations Centre.
Eleven of these cases were in the South, seven in the North, four in the Northeast, and two in the Central Region.
All patients were under medical supervision, while the results of laboratory tests were pending.
Since the country was hit by a second round of bird-flu outbreak in mid 2004, Thailand has recorded five confirmed cases of bird flu. Four of them died, while the last patient recovered, according to the centre.
There is another suspected bird-flu case in the country's nothern province of Kamphaeng Phet.
More than 1,200 locations in 57 provinces have been identified as suspected epidemic areas, where fowls have been culled.
The government has drafted a strategic to eliminate all human cases of bird-flu patients within the next three years. (TNA)--E008
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BANGKOK, Dec 11 – There were 24 suspected bird flu cases in Thailand in the second half of 2004, according to the government’s Avian Influenza Operations Centre.
Eleven of these cases were in the South, seven in the North, four in the Northeast, and two in the Central Region.
All patients were under medical supervision, while the results of laboratory tests were pending.
Since the country was hit by a second round of bird-flu outbreak in mid 2004, Thailand has recorded five confirmed cases of bird flu. Four of them died, while the last patient recovered, according to the centre.
There is another suspected bird-flu case in the country's nothern province of Kamphaeng Phet.
More than 1,200 locations in 57 provinces have been identified as suspected epidemic areas, where fowls have been culled.
The government has drafted a strategic to eliminate all human cases of bird-flu patients within the next three years. (TNA)--E008
http://etna.mcot.net/query.php?nid=33708