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SUPHAN BURI, Aug 23 (TNA) - Launching a door-to-door campaign against bird flu, Thailand's Ministry of Public Health is set to send over 800,000 health volunteers to educate people at home on how to prevent the deadly virus, according to Caretaker Public Health Minister Pinij Jarusombat on Wednesday.
Mr. Pinij, now inspecting bird flu control in central Suphan Buri province, said the so-called 'bird flu busters' will be sent into action in the ministry's door-to-door anti-bird flu campaign nationwide August 23 to 31 to educate the public on strict rules they must follow in order to prevent the infection and spread of bird flu.
To be carried with them for distribution to the public are varied kinds of bird flu media materials, such as posters, pamphlets, and similar others with the message to be conveyed focusing on hygienic household practices, especially in relation to poultry contact.
In the first stage, the campaign will focus on at-risk areas in 30 provinces which have experienced bird flu outbreaks before, including 12 provinces in the North, 10 in the central region, seven in the Northeast, and one in the South, the minister said.
Public Health Ministry permanent secretary Prat Boonyawongwirot said that in the 24 hours from 6am on August 22, some 79 patients with flu-like symptoms were hospitalised in 22 provinces, quarantined and
monitored for possible bird flu, awaiting laboratory tests to indicate whether they carried the deadly virus or not.
(TNA)-E009
SUPHAN BURI, Aug 23 (TNA) - Launching a door-to-door campaign against bird flu, Thailand's Ministry of Public Health is set to send over 800,000 health volunteers to educate people at home on how to prevent the deadly virus, according to Caretaker Public Health Minister Pinij Jarusombat on Wednesday.
Mr. Pinij, now inspecting bird flu control in central Suphan Buri province, said the so-called 'bird flu busters' will be sent into action in the ministry's door-to-door anti-bird flu campaign nationwide August 23 to 31 to educate the public on strict rules they must follow in order to prevent the infection and spread of bird flu.
To be carried with them for distribution to the public are varied kinds of bird flu media materials, such as posters, pamphlets, and similar others with the message to be conveyed focusing on hygienic household practices, especially in relation to poultry contact.
In the first stage, the campaign will focus on at-risk areas in 30 provinces which have experienced bird flu outbreaks before, including 12 provinces in the North, 10 in the central region, seven in the Northeast, and one in the South, the minister said.
Public Health Ministry permanent secretary Prat Boonyawongwirot said that in the 24 hours from 6am on August 22, some 79 patients with flu-like symptoms were hospitalised in 22 provinces, quarantined and
monitored for possible bird flu, awaiting laboratory tests to indicate whether they carried the deadly virus or not.
(TNA)-E009
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