New outbreaks of avian influenza in Thailand

Introduction: Bangkok, Aug 4, Xinhua (reporter Li Guotian) Yukun, director of Thailand's Animal Husbandry Bureau, announced to local media that new outbreaks of avian influenza had been found in the two districts in the northeast of Thailand, adjacent to Cambodia's Bazhen Wuli Prefecture and the capital Bangkok city, but the number of chickens infected was not large, and the culling had been completed Yukun said the Bangkok outbreak was found on July 23, but the test results came out on July 4 It was also reported that Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Thaksin convened a meeting of ministers from the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of health, the Ministry of agriculture and cooperatives on the 4th to study the further implementation of the elimination of avian influenza At the same time, in order to ensure the food safety of consumers at home and abroad in Thailand, Thaksin also ordered the Ministry of health to reiterate the relevant laws and regulations of Thailand prohibiting the use of avian influenza vaccine in recent days Those who violate the regulations will be fined and punished for three years At the same time, Thailand will set up a special working group to specifically check the farmers who use avian influenza vaccine According to Thailand's official announcement on July 26, avian influenza virus has been found in 47 locations in 18 of Thailand's 76 governments, and 55 locations in the other 20 governments are waiting for the test results Subsequently, on August 4, Thailand announced that it had eliminated the avian influenza epidemic in 11 locations in 7 governments, and no avian influenza virus was found in 20 locations in 13 suspected governments after testing During this period, Thai officials also announced the discovery of 20 suspected cases of avian influenza, 17 of which were excluded after testing