Vietnam: reports 2 new human bird flu cases(total 64)
submited by kickingbird at Jun, 20, 2005 21:5 PM from Xinhua News Agency
The two patients and three suspected cases were admitted to the Institute of Tropical Diseases in Hanoi capital city from June 18-19. Currently, the institute is treating 28 people with bird flu symptoms, of whom 13 have been tested positive to H5N1.
Recently, Vietnam´s Preventive Medicine Department confirmed 55 infection cases, including 18 fatality ones, between mid-December 2004 and early June 2005.
Since then, 9 more local people have been detected to have contracted the disease.
To prevent potential new outbreaks, Vietnam will start vaccinating poultry, especially waterfowls in high-risk areas, against bird flu viruses, including the H5N1 strain, in the next few months.
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