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The number of suspected patients in Thailand is unclear at the present time. In the last 24 hours:
1) it has been reported that 26 patients were suspected in three districts in the province of Phitsanoluk, of whom 15 were destroying infected poultry. Out of these 26, 3 were hospitalized the last time we heard, and the others monitored at home. A symptomatic family of four from Phitsanoluk was then reported to be tested. These may be included in the count of 26.
2) Then it was reported that 11 patients in nine provinces including Suphan Buri were being tested for suspected bird flu.
3) In Phichit a boy was reported to be tested.
4) Then it was reported that there were 72 cases under surveillance throughout the country and 11 'today' (3 from Suphan Buri, 2 each from Nongbualamphu and Kanchanaburi, and 1 each from Nakhonnayok, Phitsanulok, Kampaengphet, and Loei). The "11" listed in #2 may be the same as here.
5) Phitsanoluk then reported that six patients were being watched and later said that two [the sickest ones] had normal influenza.
6) Finally, the below article is reporting ducks dying in the province of Ayutthaya, and six duck-raisers and a culler have come down with high fever and are being tested. A related article can be found at:
http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...9&postcount=14
7) In summary, there are anywhere from 85 to 115 patients reported to be monitored or tested for bird flu at the present time in Thailand.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/20...20_343166.html
Bird flu watch centers on central Thailand
Thailand's central province of Ayutthaya has been put under bird flu surveillance following the mass deaths of free-range ducks in its Bang Pahan district, local media said on Saturday.
More than 1,500 ducks were culled by local livestock officials on Friday after 93 of the birds in the same flock died on Thursday from a still-undetermined cause, the Bangkok Post said.
The owner said the ducks were raised in a paddy field which was also a feeding ground of water birds Dead duck samples were collected and sent for lab testing.
Seven duck raisers in the district have fallen ill with flu- like symptoms. Also, a villager who helped bury the dead ducks was admitted to Bang Pahan hospital after he developed a high fever and sore throat. They are now on the watch list of the provincial public health office.
The Livestock Development has listed Ayutthaya as one of the areas prone to bird flu. Poultry raised in the province were found to be in poor health following severe flooding late last year. The floods also increased the risk of an outbreak of animal disease, officials said.
Nopporn Kaewkarn, chief of the provincial livestock office, said movements of free-range ducks from the neighboring province of Suphan Buri to Ayutthaya had increased the possibility of a fresh bird flu outbreak in the province.
According to him, Suphan Buri farmers always bring their ducks to roam paddy fields in Ayutthaya after the harvest season so they could feed on fallen seed and grain.
Ayutthaya imposed a ban on fowl movements from Suphan Buri since Friday as checkpoints have been set up along roads linking the two provinces to prevent such movements, said the report.
Meanwhile, the Public Health Ministry Friday reported that six villagers from Plai Chumpol sub-district, in northern Phitsanulok province, where a fresh bird flu outbreak was confirmed on Monday, have been put on the bird flu watch list.
Source: Xinhua
1) it has been reported that 26 patients were suspected in three districts in the province of Phitsanoluk, of whom 15 were destroying infected poultry. Out of these 26, 3 were hospitalized the last time we heard, and the others monitored at home. A symptomatic family of four from Phitsanoluk was then reported to be tested. These may be included in the count of 26.
2) Then it was reported that 11 patients in nine provinces including Suphan Buri were being tested for suspected bird flu.
3) In Phichit a boy was reported to be tested.
4) Then it was reported that there were 72 cases under surveillance throughout the country and 11 'today' (3 from Suphan Buri, 2 each from Nongbualamphu and Kanchanaburi, and 1 each from Nakhonnayok, Phitsanulok, Kampaengphet, and Loei). The "11" listed in #2 may be the same as here.
5) Phitsanoluk then reported that six patients were being watched and later said that two [the sickest ones] had normal influenza.
6) Finally, the below article is reporting ducks dying in the province of Ayutthaya, and six duck-raisers and a culler have come down with high fever and are being tested. A related article can be found at:
http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...9&postcount=14
7) In summary, there are anywhere from 85 to 115 patients reported to be monitored or tested for bird flu at the present time in Thailand.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/20...20_343166.html
Bird flu watch centers on central Thailand
Thailand's central province of Ayutthaya has been put under bird flu surveillance following the mass deaths of free-range ducks in its Bang Pahan district, local media said on Saturday.
More than 1,500 ducks were culled by local livestock officials on Friday after 93 of the birds in the same flock died on Thursday from a still-undetermined cause, the Bangkok Post said.
The owner said the ducks were raised in a paddy field which was also a feeding ground of water birds Dead duck samples were collected and sent for lab testing.
Seven duck raisers in the district have fallen ill with flu- like symptoms. Also, a villager who helped bury the dead ducks was admitted to Bang Pahan hospital after he developed a high fever and sore throat. They are now on the watch list of the provincial public health office.
The Livestock Development has listed Ayutthaya as one of the areas prone to bird flu. Poultry raised in the province were found to be in poor health following severe flooding late last year. The floods also increased the risk of an outbreak of animal disease, officials said.
Nopporn Kaewkarn, chief of the provincial livestock office, said movements of free-range ducks from the neighboring province of Suphan Buri to Ayutthaya had increased the possibility of a fresh bird flu outbreak in the province.
According to him, Suphan Buri farmers always bring their ducks to roam paddy fields in Ayutthaya after the harvest season so they could feed on fallen seed and grain.
Ayutthaya imposed a ban on fowl movements from Suphan Buri since Friday as checkpoints have been set up along roads linking the two provinces to prevent such movements, said the report.
Meanwhile, the Public Health Ministry Friday reported that six villagers from Plai Chumpol sub-district, in northern Phitsanulok province, where a fresh bird flu outbreak was confirmed on Monday, have been put on the bird flu watch list.
Source: Xinhua
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