Deadly bird flu 'probably in Thailand'

Thailand’s prime minister said today that lab test results would “most likely” show that the country is facing an outbreak of bird flu, after days of official denials that the disease had devastated local poultry farms.

“We don’t have test results yet, but in the testing it looks like it most likely is (bird flu),” Thaksin Shinawatra told reporters. “If it is (bird flu) then we will tell you. We won’t cover it up.”