Thursday, July 06, 2006
Villagers who ate dead fowl watched for flu
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1 of more than 20 new frog speciesPosted by Ninja T. Penguin Posted by Ninja T. Penguin
(Apinya Wipatayotin - Bangkok Post).
Twenty villagers from Phichit's Sam Ngam district are under a 14-day bird flu watch after eating chickens which died of an unknown cause. The Public Health Ministry also reported yesterday that a seven-year-old girl from neighbouring Wang Sai Phun district, who developed flu-like symptoms after coming into contact with dead chickens last week, tested negative for bird flu.
More than 2,000 poultry have died in four tambons in Wang Sai Phun in the last few days, prompting livestock officials to cull fowl in the area as a precaution and watch closely for bird flu outbreaks.
The girl developed a high fever last Friday and was admitted to Sam Ngam hospital, where she was quarantined in an isolated room for bird flu suspects.
Paijit Warachit, chief of the...
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1 of more than 20 new frog speciesPosted by Ninja T. Penguin Posted by Ninja T. Penguin
(Apinya Wipatayotin - Bangkok Post).
Twenty villagers from Phichit's Sam Ngam district are under a 14-day bird flu watch after eating chickens which died of an unknown cause. The Public Health Ministry also reported yesterday that a seven-year-old girl from neighbouring Wang Sai Phun district, who developed flu-like symptoms after coming into contact with dead chickens last week, tested negative for bird flu.
More than 2,000 poultry have died in four tambons in Wang Sai Phun in the last few days, prompting livestock officials to cull fowl in the area as a precaution and watch closely for bird flu outbreaks.
The girl developed a high fever last Friday and was admitted to Sam Ngam hospital, where she was quarantined in an isolated room for bird flu suspects.
Paijit Warachit, chief of the...
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