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Appearing to answer the question from my last blog, based on this article in today's The Nation, the bird flu outbreak in Thailand being widely reported over the past 24 hours apparently occurred on October 28th.
Thailand, which hasn't reported a human infection with the virus since September of 2006, will conduct enhanced surveillance in the area for the next 14 days, looking for people with fevers or respiratory problems.
Bird-flu monitoring stepped up in Sukhothai
November 10, 2008 : Last updated 04:34 pm
The Public Health Ministry has stepped up monitoring and prevention of bird-flu spread among the people after the outbreak among some chicken were found in Sukhothai, Public Health Minister Chalerm Yoobamrung said Monday.
Chalerm said public health officials in the province had stepped up the monitoring of possible spread among residents of Thung Saliam district after some hen died of bird flu on October 28.
He said the stepped-up monitoring would be carried out for at least 14 days. Any person found to have fever and coughing will be rushed to hospitals for closely monitoring, the public health minister said.
He said he has assigned Disease Control Department Director-General Somchai Jakkraphan to visit the village where the bird flu was detected to step up measures to prevent the spread among the people.
Somchai said the monitoring among 1,500 people of 430 families in the area so far did not find spread among the people.
The Nation
