112 people from 14 provinces under watch for bird flu
The Public Health Ministry has placed 112 people from 14 provinces under close medical supervision while it waits for tests to determine whether they have contracted the birdflu virus.
The ministry is waiting for the results of blood tests to confirm whether the patients have been infected with the H5N1 virus, the ministry's permanent secretary, Dr Prat Boonyawongvirot, said on Saturday.Most of the patients, 75, are from Pichit, while 14 are from Sukhothai and five are from Kanchanaburi. There are three patients from Nakhon Sawan and three from Suphan Buri, while Bangkok and Phetchabun are both home to two patients. Kampang Phet, Nakhon Nayok, Nakhon Pathom, Nonthaburi, Maha Sarakam and Uthai Thani all have one suspected case. "Blood test on other patients showed that they just had the flu, not bird flu," Prat said. The country is once again on high alert for bird flue after a teenage boy in Pichit province died from the disease. He was the first fatality in seven months. Now 37 people in his village, including three members of his family, are being monitored. None, however, have shown any birdflu symptoms. The Nation
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