Thailand has 1st outbreak in 6 months

Thailand has suffered its first outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus in six months, an Agriculture Ministry official said yesterday after a rash of outbreaks in Vietnam and four human deaths in Indonesia this year.

"The lab results confirmed that some ducks in the northern province of Phitsanulok have been infected with H5N1 bird flu virus," Livestock Department chief Pirom Srichan said.

"We have culled about 1,900 ducks in the area."