A man was admitted into a hospital in downtown Bangkok on Monday on
suspicion of deadly bird flu virus, the Bangkok Metropolitan government
officials told Xinhua.
The man who lives in Sathorn District, a main commercial zone of Bangkok, was
isolated by the hospital after suffering a few days of flu
symptoms, the official said.
It was very likely that the patient has been infected with the deadly H5N1
bird flu virus. It will take at least three days for the lab test result to come
out, according to the hospital.
Thailand is fighting a new outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu
virus which was confirmed in several provinces across the country.
The latest outbreak killed a 27-year-old man of the northern province of
Uthai Thani last week, the country's 16th victim, following another fatality a
week earlier in Phichit, prompting officials to conduct a large-scale culling of
infected chickens.
Several hundred persons have also been placed under quarantine in the Thai
government attempt to contain the outbreak.
