The H5N1 bird flu virus re-appeared in Thailand
Bird Flu has again flied in Thai region. The country’s third outburst this year after a six-month quiet period, the Agriculture Ministry said on Friday.
“All fowl in the immediate area around the outbreak in Ang Thong province, 105 km (65 miles) north of Bangkok were being slaughtered after 16 fighting cocks were confirmed to have died of bird flu,†they said.
“The lab tast has confirmed that the virus found in the province was the deadly H5N1,” senior ministry official Pirom Srichan said on the Department of Livestock Web site .
The H5N1 bird flu virus has re-appeared in Thailand last month; The World Health Organization (WHO) says the virus has infected 267 people in 10 countries and killed 164 since 2003. People are feared about if the virus were to transmute into a form that passed simply.
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