July 26, 2004

Thai Government Checks Spread Of Bird Flu

The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives of Thailand has taken three measures to prevent bird flu from further spread.

The Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister, Somsak Thepsuthin, was quoted as saying Sunday that he had ordered livestock officials nationwide to employ the three preventive measures on the bird flu situation.

They include educating owners of poultry farms about the disease and how to comply with the government's orders and measures, collecting samples of dead fowls in a 5-kilometer radius and tracing unregistered indigenous chickens to check whether they have any suspicious symptoms; as well as cleaning fresh markets and places where poultry are sold.