Vietnam: another suspected bird flu patient hospitalized
submited by kickingbird at Jan, 12, 2005 8:44 AM from Xinhua News Agency
The woman named Nguyen Thi Muoi Hai was admitted to the Hospital of Tropical Diseases in Ho Chi Minh City with symptoms ofhigh fever and lung infection, a fortnight after she killed and ate sick chicken.
The patient, who needs respiratory assistance in the hospital, also lives in bird flu-hit area, said the paper.
To date, at least 15 local people have been hospitalized for being suspected of having contracted virus H5N1. Of the cases, four were confirmed to have contracted virus H5N1. Included are an18-year-old girl from southern Tien Giang province in serious health condition, a 16-year-old girl from southern Tay Ninh province, a nine-year old boy from southern Tra Vinh province, anda six-year-old boy in southern Dong Thap province who died.
To control the spread of the disease, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on Tuesday issued an anti-bird flu urgent message, asking localities to take measures to tighten monitoring poultry flocks, intensify propaganda via media, update information on new outbreaks and the number of dead, cull fowls every day, slaughter all sick poultry, and ban transporting of poultry and their products out of the disease-hit areas.
According to the Department of Animal Health, since last December, the relapse of bird flu has been seen in 13 localities across the country, killing or leading to the forced culling of around 103,000 fowls.
- GISAID: H5N1 Bird Flu Circulating in Dairy Cows in the United States 2 days ago
- USCDC: A(H5N1) Bird Flu Response Update 2 days ago
- USCDC: Avian Influenza A(H5N1) U.S. Situation Update and CDC Activities 9 days ago
- USCDC: Urgent field correction notice 9 days ago
- Joint FAO/WHO/WOAH preliminary assessment of recent influenza A(H5N1) viruses 10 days ago
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