Article: Report: Thailand Confirms Bird Flu Cases

ALISA TANG, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
01-23-2004
Dateline: BANGKOK, Thailand


Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra speaks during a news conference at Government House in Bangkok Friday, Jan. 23, 2004. Thaksin said that lab test results expected later in the day would "most likely" show that Thailand is facing an outbreak of bird flu, after days of official denials that the disease had devastated local poultry farms. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

After days of denying it had a problem, Thailand became the latest flashpoint in the bird flu crisis Friday as health ministry officials reportedly confirmed two cases of bird flu at separate hospitals.

The World Health Organization has warned ...

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