The Ministry of Public Health in Thailand has the 13 February confirmed two additional cases of H5N1 infection. The newly reported cases are a two-year-old boy from Suphanburi Province, and a 27-year-old woman from Uttaradit Province.
Both cases have fully recovered and were discharged from hospital earlier this week.
Investigations of the two cases have identified contact with sick or dead chickens.
The Ministry of Health in Viet Nam has the 12 February confirmed an additional case of H5N1. The case, which was fatal, was in a 19-year-old man, who had been hospitalized in Ho Chi Minh City.
To date, Viet Nam has reported 19 confirmed cases, of which 14 have been fatal.
Comment
No new country reported human cases during the past week, and the epidemic among birds seem to be at least slowing even though it is too early to say it is under control.
There is still no sign at all that the virus is infecting from man to man, and the risk to travellers and visitors is still extremely low.
