LAOS: Bird Flu Outbreak Confirmed















# 467


A hat tip to Crof at Crofsblog for tracking down this story. He had it early, and he had it right. Nice going.



Emergency bird flu meeting held


The National Committee for the Control of Communicable Diseases yesterday held an emergency meeting on how to tackle bird flu in Vientiane.


Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh chaired the meeting, and the Ad Hoc Committee against Avian Influenza of Vientiane presented a report on the recent detection of the H5N1 virus in ducks, followed by recommendations from the members of the committee to quickly contain the spreading of virus.


The meeting was in response to the recent bird flu outbreak in Sisattanak district, Vientiane .




Related Post:

Widget by [ Iptek-4u ]