112 monitored for suspectedly contracted bird flu virus in Thailand
30/7/2006 11:29
Thai public health authorities admitted that 112 people from 14 provinces
suspected of having contracted avian influenza are being monitored, according to
the state-run Thai News Agency.
Prat Boonyawongvirot, the Permanent Secretary
for Public Health of Thailand, was quoted as saying that the patients had been
admitted for further laboratory tests for deadly bird flu virus.
However, no
new cases have been reported and no new cases of avian influenza have been
confirmed, the report said.
Prat said health officers were also closely
monitoring about three dozen medical personnel and three other persons who
looked after a 17-year-old youth who died of confirmed avian influenza in the
northern province of Phichit last Monday.
Although no further cases of bird
flu have been confirmed, public health authorities met Saturday in both Phichit
and the neighboring Phitsanulok Province to assess the situation and work out
stricter bird flu control measures. So far no H5N1 virus has been
found.
Nonetheless, physicians, nurses and public health officials were told
to be more alert for people suspected to have contracted the disease.
Xinhua News
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