With H5N1 being detected in Thailand, here’s the word from my friendly Embassy folks:
January 26, 2004
Dear Sir/Madam:
In view of the attention being given to “bird flu” in the region, we thought that it would be important to provide you with the Health Canada web site as a useful resource for current information. Health Canada continues to closely monitor occurrences of avian influenza A (H5N1) or “bird flu” outbreaks in several Asian countries, including Thailand, and has provided several recommendations for you and your family. Health Canada’s Travel Medicine web site may be found at www.hc-sc.gc.ca/pphb-dgspsp/tmp-pmv/pub_e.html. The travel report for Thailand and other countries are regularly updated and can be found at: http://www.voyage.gc.ca/dest/intro-en.asp.
We would like to take this opportunity to remind you of our annual registration drive for Canadian citizens. I encourage you, if you have not already done so, to confirm your local street address, home telephone number, employer’s name and address, work telephone number, e-mail address, and date of departure by contacting Consular Section of the Embassy at bngkk-cs@dfait-maeci.gc.ca or 662-636-0560 ext. 3341. It is especially important that you confirm your e-mail address since this will assist our ability to contact you rapidly in times of emergency.
I would be grateful if you would pass on the contents of this letter to any other Canadian citizens that you know and have them bring their whereabouts to our attention if they are not already registered with us. Canadians are invited to register their presence on-line at http://www.voyage.gc.ca/main/sos/rocapage-en.asp. Please keep this letter handy for reference purposes.
Should you have particular concerns, please feel free to contact the Consular Section of the Embassy at bngkk-cs@dfait-maeci.gc.ca or 662-636-0560 ext. 3338. After hours, you may place a collect call to the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade’s Operations Centre in Ottawa at (613) 996-8885. Yours sincerely,
Andrew McAlister
Ambassador