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Thailand tourism stuggles in wake of street protests

Tue, 1 Jun 2010 23:30:55 +0200

The Red Shirt anti-government protesters have gone home, but Thailand 's tourism industry is still seeing red.

Thailand works to restore order

Sat, 22 May 2010 05:09:33 +0200

Order has been restored in Bangkok and the rest of Thailand after days of violent clashes that crippled the capital, the country's prime minister said Friday.

Thailand works to restore order after clashes

Fri, 21 May 2010 22:31:06 +0200

Order has been restored in Bangkok and the rest of Thailand after days of violent clashes that crippled the capital, the country's prime minister said Friday.

Timeline: Thailand

Wed, 19 May 2010 14:55:31 +0200

A chronology of key events

Thailand hit by bird flu outbreak

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:15:16 +0100

Thailand confirms its first outbreak of the deadly bird flu virus for six months, in the north of the country.

Avian Influenza Situation in Thailand update 2

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 09:58:02 +0200

The Ministry of Public Health in Thailand has confirmed the country's 25th case of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus. The case, which was fatal, was the third detected this year and the third fatality. The case occurred in a 59-year-old farmer from Nong Bua Lam Phu Province in the north-eastern part of the country. He developed fever on 14 July, was hospitalized on 24 July, and died of severe pneumonia on 10 August. Possible H5N1 infection was suspected when relatives reported the sudden death, in the days prior to symptom onset, of several fighting cocks raised by the farmer. Local veterinary authorities noted a number of poultry outbreaks in the area.

Thailand reports bird flu death

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 05:27:29 +0200

A 59-year-old farmer becomes the third person in Thailand to die of bird flu this year, health officials say.

Avian Influenza Situation in Thailand update

Mon, 7 Aug 2006 09:58:02 +0200

The Ministry of Public Health in Thailand has confirmed the country's 24th case of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus. The case, which was fatal, occurred in a 27-year-old man from the central province of Uthai Thani. He developed symptoms on 24 July, was hospitalized on 30 July, and died on 3 August. Investigation of his source of infection revealed contact with household chickens, which began dying around one week prior to symptom onset. This is the country's second case of H5N1 infection, and second fatality, within the past two weeks. Confirmation of these cases follows an 8-month period in which no human cases were reported in the country.

Avian Influenza Situation in Thailand

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:58:02 +0200

The Ministry of Public Health in Thailand has confirmed a case of human infection with H5N1 avian influenza. The patient, a 17-year-old man from Thap Khlo district of Phichit province in the north, developed symptoms on 15 July, was hospitalized on 20 July and died on 24 July. This is the first human case of H5N1 infection reported from Thailand in 2006.

Thailand records bird flu death

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 05:39:35 +0200

A teenager becomes the first person to die of bird flu in Thailand this year, amid fears of a new outbreak.

Avian Influenza Situation in China, Thailand Update 47

Fri, 9 Dec 2005 00:58:01 +0100

The Ministry of Health in China has confirmed a further case of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus. The case is a 31-year-old female farmer from the north-eastern province of Liaoning. She developed symptoms on 30 October and subsequently underwent extensive hospital care for severe pneumonia and acute respiratory distress. She recovered and was discharged from hospital on 29 November.

Avian Influenza Situation in Thailand Update 40

Mon, 14 Nov 2005 00:58:01 +0100

The Ministry of Public Health in Thailand has confirmed a further case of human infection with H5N1 avian influenza. The case is an 18-month-old boy from a suburb of Bangkok. He developed symptoms on 1 November and was hospitalized on 5 November. He remains in good condition. This is the fourth laboratory-confirmed case in Thailand this year. Since January 2004, Thailand has reported 21 cases, of which 13 were fatal.

Avian Influenza Situation in Thailand Update 37

Tue, 1 Nov 2005 00:58:01 +0100

The Ministry of Public Health in Thailand has confirmed an additional case of human infection with H5N1 avian influenza. The patient, a 50-year-old woman from Bangkok, developed symptoms on 26 October and was hospitalized on 29 October. She remains hospitalized in satisfactory condition. On 23 October, the patient visited her husband in Nonthaburi Province, north of Bangkok, where backyard chickens had begun to die a few days earlier. Field investigations have not found any indications of respiratory illness in close contacts of the patient.

Avian Influenza Situation in Thailand, Indonesia Update 36

Mon, 24 Oct 2005 01:58:01 +0200

The Ministry of Public Health in Thailand has confirmed an additional case of human infection with H5N1 avian influenza. The patient, a 7-year-old boy from Kanchanaburi Province, developed symptoms on 16 October and was hospitalized on 19 October. He is recovering. He is the son of a confirmed case who died on 19 October. These are the first two confirmed cases in Thailand in a year. Since the start of the outbreaks in Asia, Thailand has confirmed 19 cases, of which 13 have been fatal. --- Indonesia: The Ministry of Health in Indonesia has confirmed two additional cases of human infection with H5N1 avian influenza. The first newly confirmed case is a four-year-old boy from Sumatra Island in Lampung Province. He developed symptoms on 4 October, was hospitalized, recovered fully, and has returned home.

Avian Influenza Situation in Thailand Update 35

Thu, 20 Oct 2005 01:58:01 +0200

The Ministry of Public Health in Thailand has today confirmed its first case of human infection with H5N1 avian influenza since 08 October of last year. The patient, a 48-year old man from Kanchanaburi Province, developed symptoms on 13 October, was hospitalized on 17 October, and died on 19 October. Authorities have linked his infection to close contact with diseased poultry during slaughter. Poultry outbreaks in several Kanchanaburi villages were reported earlier this month.

Avian Influenza Situation in Thailand; additional fatal case confirmed

Mon, 25 Oct 2004 01:58:01 +0200

Avian Influenza Situation in Thailand - Status of pandemic vaccine development

Mon, 4 Oct 2004 01:58:01 +0200

WHO urges mass slaughter of infected poultry to control bird flu, Thailand balks

EMMA ROSS, AP Medical Writer AP Worldstream 01-29-2004 Dateline: BANGKOK, ThailandThe World Health Organization insists the mass slaughter of infected poultry is key to controlling the outbreak of bird flu sweeping Asia, but Indonesia said it doesn't intend to order its farmers to kill their ...

Pharmacies urged to help screen bird flu patients in Thailand

Pharmacies urged to help screen bird flu patients in Thailand BANGKOK, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- In a bid to prevent spread of bird flu, Thailand's Public Health Ministry will encourage pharmacies and drug stores across the country to help screen patients, the Thai News Agency reported Saturday. The ...

Thailand seeks to overcome credibility gap in bird flu cover-up

ALISA TANG, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 01-28-2004 Dateline: BANGKOK, ThailandHosting an international conference on strategies to fight bird flu, Thailand must also overcome another serious problem _ a credibility gap over its cover-up of the crisis.And more is at stake than just a ...

Asia vows cooperation on bird flu Thailand concedes errors were made

Jim Yardley International Herald Tribune 01-29-2004 China began killing tens of thousands of birds in three provinces on Wednesday to curtail the spread of the deadly avian influenza, while Asian government officials holding an emergency meeting in Bangkok pledged better cooperation and openness, ...

Stock Exchange of Thailand Plunges on Latest Bird Flu Virus News.

Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 7--Thai stocks fell 3.19 percent yesterday in a sharp falloff in the afternoon session on reports that the bird flu virus had been found in pigs in Vietnam. Fears that the virus had mutated and jumped species led investors to dump ...

ASIA: THAILAND CLAIMS TO HAVE CONTAINED BIRD FLU

Marwaan Macan-Markar Inter Press Service English News Wire 02-11-2004 BANGKOK, Feb. 11 (IPS/GIN) -- After failing in its initialattempts to conceal reports of bird flu, Thailand is now claiminga different achievement - that of being the first of the affectedcountries in the region to have contained ...

THAILAND: AS BIRD FLU ABATES, WORDS OF CAUTION

Marwaan Macan-Markar Inter Press Service English News Wire 03-16-2004 BANGKOK, Mar. 16 (IPS/GIN) -- Along the street corners of thesprawling Thai capital, residents can once again take in the smokyfragrance of chicken being grilled in homespun braziers. This local dish -- chicken is often eaten ...

THAILAND: BAN ON BIRD FLU VACCINATION COOLS A HOT DEBATE

Marwaan Macan-Markar Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-17-2004 BANGKOK, Sep. 17, 2004 (IPS/GIN) -- By declaring a ban onvaccinating poultry against bird flu, the Thai government has endeda passionate debate between the country's chicken-meat exportersand breeders of fighting cocks for sport. ...

Thailand, Vietnam sound reassuring note on bird flu; international experts say disease far from conquered

ALISA TANG, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 02-11-2004 Dateline: BANGKOK, ThailandDespite official reassurances from Vietnam and Thailand that bird flu is practically under control, international health officials warned that the disease sweeping Asia is far from conquered.The Thai government ...

The Global Bird Flu Riddle

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:53:13 +0200

Bird flu patients die of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). What causes ARDS and what makes it fatal? Read it here …