Thailand stockpiles doses of bird flu vaccine
July 1st, 2006
Senior officials in Thailand say the country has so far managed to stock up 1.5 million capsules of Oseltamivir, a drug which will help cope with a possible spread of the bird flu virus. During a seminar of the Public Health Ministry it was also announced Thailand has 300,000 doses of regular influenza vaccine and that health officials in all provinces are being trained to deal with a worst-case scenario of bird flu outbreaks, with closer attention being paid to the provinces where outbreaks used to happen. These include Kamphaeng Phet, Kanchanaburi, Suphan Buri, Sukho Thai, Nonthaburi, Phichit, Nakhon Sawan and Nakhon Nayok.