Thaksin Poised To Hold Avian Flu Meeting

[george]

PM poised to hold avian flu meeting

BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will convene a meeting on the avian flu pandemic next week, when experts from across the country will be expected to thrash out a clear position on various bird flu related issues.

The meeting was announced after yesterday's cabinet meeting by Government Spokesman Jakrapob Penkair, who said that the measures outlined in the meeting would be put into practice immediately the new government comes into office.

He insisted that to date no decisions have been taken on whether or not to introduce a vaccine for the virus.

However, he said that the prime minister had stressed that Thailand would continue to act responsibly over the issue and would not allow avian flu to become a problem that could spread to other countries in the region.

--TNA 2005-02-16

[Lars]

How could avian flu become a problem in LOS?

Our beloved mr Toxin has assured us several times that there is no avian flu here...

[udon]

Risk of deadly global epidemic as bid to halt spread of bird flu is foiled

By Geoffrey Lean, Environment Editor

20 February 2005

Thailand, one of two countries at the centre of the bird flu outbreak, is refusing to act against its spread, scuppering attempts to stop a devastating pandemic expected to kill tens of millions of people around the globe.

An emergency plan to tackle the disease more