Bird flu prevention still necessary though no new human infection case reported

Bird flu prevention still necessary though no new human infection case reported

By Thai PBS

The Department of Disease Control advised people not to contact dead domestic poultry and wild birds but reported to nearest livestock and health officials immediately although the country has no new human infection cases of avian influenza or H5N1 since 2006.

The advice came from the director-general of the department Dr Suwanchai Watanayingcharoen after the World Health Organization (WHO) issued its latest update of the avian influenza or bird flu situation in the world from January 2003- 27 September 2017.

According to WHO, the period saw 860 human infection cases of avian influenza in 16 countries, including Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, and Vietnam.

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