Given the government's fiscal problems, it could also not afford to compensate poultry raisers and farmers in case an outbreak erupts and culling of chickens would be needed. BANGKOK — The government is prepared in case an avian influenza or bird flupandemic erupts any time soon as World Health Organization (WHO) experts have warned. The government's financial problems, however, may affect the country's capacity to combat the spread of the virus in both birds and people in case an influenza pandemic thus erupt, said Dr. Elizabeth Nieto, director IV, Center for Health Department III, who represented Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit during the WHO and ASEAN+3 Health Minister's Meeting on Avian Influenza at the Dusit Thani Hotel here onO November 25-26.
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