The Disease Control Department has declared a district in Sukhothai Province a disaster zone, in order to facilitate the bird-flu surveillance program, while many countries have also stepped up their watch for fear of the spread of the deadly virus.
The Disease Control Department has named Tambon Tung Saliang in Tung Saliang District of Sukhothai Province a disaster zone for 15 days, following the finding of the H5N1 virus in the area.
The announcement is intended to enable health officials to control the virus spread more effectively.
Sawankalok Livestock Department’s Paopan Praneebutr and Sawankalok Hospital, as well as Livestock Department officials, have gone out to educate locals about the deadly virus, while collaborating with the Local Administrative Office to set up checkpoints to prevent the transfer of birds in the area.
Meanwhile, in Kampaeng Petch, Pran Kratai Livestock Department’s Somyos Puangto and health volunteers have gone out to spray disinfectant in the areas that are adjacent to Sukhothai province, to prevent the spread of H5N1.
More checkpoints have also been set up on all roads.
And, in Buri Ram, officials have confiscated almost 2,000 free-range ducks that have been transported without permit.
The owners of the birds have been charged with smuggling birds into bird-flu surveillance zone and are subject to a maximum jail term of one year or a maximum fine of 20,000 baht, or both.
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