Infectious Disease
Thailand confirms boy was seventh bird flu death - FEB 19, 2004
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Posted on Feb 21, 2004, 1 p.m.
By Bill Freeman
'Another patient was confirmed as having died of bird flu, making the country's confirmed bird flu cases nine,' Mr Charal Trinwuthipong, chief of the Department of Disease Control, told reporters yesterday. The boy had been listed as a suspected case and died on Feb 3. Two other patients recovered after they were confirmed to have been stricken by the H5N1 virus, a health official said.
'Another patient was confirmed as having died of bird flu, making the country's confirmed bird flu cases nine,' Mr Charal Trinwuthipong, chief of the Department of Disease Control, told reporters yesterday. The boy had been listed as a suspected case and died on Feb 3. Two other patients recovered after they were confirmed to have been stricken by the H5N1 virus, a health official said. This week the virus was found to have resurfaced in nine provinces. The authorities have restarted culling operations in the provinces just days after declaring they were on top of the bird flu problem.
Source: http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/birdflu/story/0,5297,235896,00.html
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