Bird flu: Two new suspected cases in Thailand

China’s vast size and its developing disease reporting systems have made it “weak and vulnerable” against bird flu, a top Chinese official said today, while Thailand reported two new suspected human cases of the deadly virus.

Some experts meeting in Rome on Asia’s bird flu crisis recommended vaccinating healthy poultry as part of a broader strategy to control the disease, which has claimed 10 human lives in Vietnam and five in Thailand, as well as tens of millions of chickens in the region.