Wednesday, August 02, 2006

HOT SPOTS


The news is dribbling out, but it appears there is a new outbreak in the Karo district of Indonesia. Depending on the source, between 3 and 7 people are suspected of H5N1 infection, including 3 children. Tests are pending.

Thailand has declared all 79 provinces as under a bird flu red alert. One 17 year old boy has been confirmed as having died of avian flu, and scores of others are suspected of having the illness. We have been waiting for days for test results.

And Laos is reporting outbreaks in poultry.


This may be the slow season for the flu, but apparently, nobody has told the virus that.