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Bird flu found in northern Laos
9th September 2008, 15:54 WST

Authorities in Laos detected a fresh outbreak of bird flu in the north
of the country last week and slaughtered all poultry affected, a
government spokesman says.

The government did not say how many birds were infected with the
deadly virus, which was detected in a village about 150km north of the
ancient royal capital Luang Prabang, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

"We have killed all of the poultry within a kilometre radius - about
7,000 of them," and a quarantine zone has been set up on the area's
perimeter, foreign ministry spokesman Yong Chanthalangsy told AFP.

No human infections were suspected, he said.

Two people have died of bird flu in communist-ruled Laos since 2003,
when the virus resurfaced in Southeast Asia, according to World Health
Organisation (WHO) statistics. Both deaths were reported last year.

The WHO says 243 people have died from bird flu worldwide. The H5N1
avian influenza virus mainly kills birds but scientists fear it could
mutate to easily jump from human to human, sparking a global pandemic.

HOW SAFE IS IT TO COMSUME CHICKEN'S MEAT IN LAOS?

In the US, I eat less beef because of the mad-cow disease.

WHY DOES THIS THING ALWAYS HAPPEN IN OUR MOTHER LAND? HOW MUCH WIIL
THE PEOPLE HAVE TO SUFFER ESPECIALLY THE CHICKEN FARMS?