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Thai officials says flies pose no bird flu danger.
(From Thai Press Reports)
Section: General News -The Medical Sciences Department sought to allay public fears over suggestions that sand flies carry a genetic attribute of the bird-flu virus, The Nation reports.
"Sand flies can't pass bird flu to humans," the department's director-general Dr Paijit Warachit said. Reports connecting the flies to bird flu originated in Japan.
Paijit said had the flies been able to spread the bird-flu virus thousands of people would have already been infected.
However, he said his department had not ignored the reports and was contacting Japan to request more information.
The department will also cooperate with the Livestock Development Department and universities' veterinary faculties to begin studying the flies collected from areas where bird-flu outbreaks have been reported.
Paijit said, at this point, people need not worry and should simply stick to hygienic practices.
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