A second case of bird flu has been confirmed in Thailand in less than a week, a senior agriculture official informed on Thursday.
The H5N1 virus has been found in poultry in Uthai Thani, a northern province located 220 kilometers away from the capital Bangkok.
“On November 3, around 200 backyard chicken began dying after falling ill in a short period of time,” said Sakchai Sriboonsue, director general of the livestock department.
“We were told two days later today the official test have confirmed that it’s H5N1,” he added.
Thailand is known as the world’s fourth-largest exporter of poultry. It has to slaughter millions of birds to stop the progress of the bird flu virus that was found in poultry in January this year.
