No Transmission of Bird Flu From Human to Human: Thai PM
Posted on: Sunday, 6 November 2005, 09:00 CST
No transmission of bird flu from human to human: Thai PM
BANGKOK, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra confirmed here on Saturday that there has been no transmission of bird flu virus from human to human.
The prime minister said during his weekly radio address that so far 12 areas in Thailand's six provinces, most of which are in the central region, have been found to be hit by avian influenza.
Fowls which were suspected of having contracted the disease had been culled and public health officials are now watching closely to determine whether the areas remain infected with the disease, Thaksin added.
Meanwhile, a senior medical doctor said that 11 patients suspected of having contracted the deadly avian influenza in the country's northern province of Chiang Rai earlier are not infected with the virus after all.
The medical expert, Dr. Surin Sumnapun, assistant public health official in Chiang Rai, also told a press conference on Saturday that tests on the 11 patients suspected of having contracted the disease were carried out and that it was determined that none of them suffered from avian influenza.
Source: Xinhua News Agency - CEIS
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