BANGKOK - THAILAND'S cabinet on Tuesday earmarked an additional US$13.2 million (S$19 million) to combat swine flu as the number of infections climbed to an estimated 500,000.
Around 8,000 cases of the A(H1N1) virus have been confirmed but government spokesman Phumin Leetheeraprasert said the actual figure was likely to be much higher.
A total of 44 people in Thailand have died from the virus.
'The new budget will be spent on containing the outbreak, buying more anti-viral drugs, public education and buying 210 respiratory machines to help seriously ill patients,' he said.
The cash is in addition to a US$25 million fund approved by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva earlier this month to buy vaccine and medicines.
clipped from www.straitstimes.com
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