November 11, 2004

Thailand Sees Improved Situation on Bird Flu Pandemic

Thailand is seeing an improvement in the bird flu crisis in the country.

According to Dr. Charal Trinvuthipong, director of the government's command center on bird flu, he had monitored and assessed the situation on the bird flu during Nov. 1-9.

He revealed that the situation had improved since state agencies concerned were instructed to take strict measures to control the bird flu outbreak.

The Public Health Ministry had increased inspection activities in surveillance areas by six times since Oct. 10, and the number of poultry found infected with bird flu had appeared to decline.

The disease was found spread in 91 spots last week. One more spot was discovered on Tuesday in the country's central province of Chai Nat, where bird flu had previously broken out.

There were also no reports of birds falling sick, or dying of unusual causes in recent weeks, he said.