VietNam: Hanoi reports bird flu outbreak
submited by kickingbird at Mar, 9, 2008 10:32 AM from Thanhnien News
Northern Vietnam is seeing a massive outspread of bird flu epidemic as eight out of the 12 provinces and city hit by the epidemic nationwide are in the north, including Hai Duong, Quang Ninh, Ninh Binh, Phu Tho, Nam Dinh, Ha Nam, Tuyen Quang and Hanoi.
Central provinces include Quang Nam and Quang Binh.
The southern provinces of Tra Vinh and Vinh Long are also hit.
The southern animal health departments are strengthening control over slaughtering and trading of poultry.
They also require farmers to have their poultry vaccinated.
Vietnam is one of the most bird flu affected countries in the world, with 105 H5N1 human casualties since 2003.
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