Poll: Govt can control flu outbreak

The majority of polled people expressed confidence that the government and the Ministry of Public Health are capable of keeping the A (H1N1) flu pandemic under control, according to the Suan Dusit Rajabhat University’s opinion poll results released on Saturday.

The Dusit Poll recently asked 1,143 people for their opinions relating to the 2009 swine flu outbreak and found that 51.61 per cent of them said they believed the government and health authority can control the situation.

More than 62 per cent of the respondent had knowledge about the new flu strain, 37.73 per cent of them said the pandemic would hurt tourism. Nearly 33 per cent pointed out that shopping center is the most risky area of the virus infection and 31.23 per cent said they were concerned that their child will be contracted with the swine flu.