#H7N7 Avian Flu Virus Prompts Thai Authorities to Act

August 22, 2013
The discovery of a new strain of avian-flu virus, H7N7, in China has prompted Thailand's environment-watch agency to tighten its measures on emerging-disease surveillance and closely monitor suspicious bird illnesses and deaths nationwide. The discovery of a new strain of avian-flu virus, H7N7, in China has prompted Thailand's environment-watch agency to tighten its measures on emerging-disease surveillance and closely monitor suspicious bird illnesses and deaths nationwide.
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"Hundreds of officials nationwide are now preparing to monitor any suspicious bird behaviour that might cause the spread of emerging diseases - especially this new strain of bird-flu virus," said Theerapat Prayurasiddhi, director-general of the National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department. 
 

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