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Thailand - Health officials on alert for return of H5N1

Shiloh

Editor, Senior Moderator
Source: http://www.mcot.net/cfcustom/cache_page/141743.html

Health officials warned of renewed outbreak of H5N1 virus
วันอาทิตย์ ที่ 12 ธ.ค. 2553

BANGKOK, Dec 12 -- Health officials throughout Thailand have been alerted to the possibility of a renewed outbreak of H5N1 virus as temperatures in the country continue dropping during the ongoing winter season, said Dr Paichit Varachit, Permanent Secretary for Public Health...

...Doctors of public hospitals have been asked to question thoroughly on patients suffering from high fever, cough, headache and diarrhea and if they are suspected of suffering from the bird flu fever, an anti-virus Oseltamivir medicine should be given to them immediately as it could cure the patients within two days after they first catch those illnesses, Dr Paichit said.

The first bird flu patient was found in Thailand in 2004 and the last two years later. According to official statistics, 25 victims had contracted the disease in 18 provinces, but only 17 died...
 
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