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  • Vietnam reports 11th A-H1N1 flu death

    A 58-year-old man in the Mekong Delta Province of Hau Giang has become the 11th person to die from influenza A/H1N1, better known as swine flu, in Vietnam this year.

    Ly Van Thanh, who hailed from Long My District, had a headache, cough, and high fever on June 18, said Dr. Tran Phong Nha, director of Long My Preventive Health Center.

    He had received treatment at a private clinic for about one week before being transferred to Long My District General Hospital.

    Thanh was later transferred to Military Health Hospital 121 in the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho, where he died on June 27, according to Nha.

    After that the Pasteur Institute Ho Chi Minh City, which conducted postmortem tests, confirmed that he had been infected with the A/H1N1 strain of swine flu.

    Six of Thanh?s family members been isolated and are being tested for swine flu, while local health authorities have sterilized the environment around his house, online newspaper VnExpress reported.

    Meanwhile, authorities in Ca Mau Province, also in the Mekong Delta, reported that three people recently tested positive for the H1N1 virus.

    Le Hoang Be, director of the province?s Department of Interior, was among the patients, VnExpress reported.


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    Re: Vietnam reports 11th A-H1N1 flu death

    Discovered four H1N1 infections for a week

    Dr. Nguyen Thanh Dan, Director of the preventive medical center of CA Mau province said: 'bright HO CHI MINH CITY Pasteur Institute, 4.7.HCM announces the results patients Tran Hoang (age 30), Ben hamlet Bau, Guo Products North, h. Bat Swamp (Mau) positive for influenza A/H1N1 '.A doctor more information, so in a week through CA Mau province discovered 4 ca positive for influenza A/H1N1 and there is still 4 ca suspect is awaiting results of tests from the Pasteur Institute.Mau Medical Industry are conducting epidemiological investigations, finding the cause makes Tracking influenza infections. The patient had been spraying chemical detoxification antiseptic. Close contact with the patient are also disease treatment guidelines and recommendations to the medical establishment when there are symptoms of fever, shortness of breath.previous Mau, found 3 patients positive for influenza A/H1N1, has not had a case of death are: Mr. Le Huang (Director of the Department of the Interior), Mr Luong Van racing (67 years, Nguyen, h. Posters Township, U Minh) and Mrs. Tran Thi Season (the So-called double-Vam, h. Tan).

    Bác sĩ Nguyễn Thanh Dân, Giám đốc Trung tâm Y tế Dự phòng tỉnh Cà Mau cho hay: “Sáng 4.7, viện Pasteur TP.HCM thông báo kết quả bệnh nhân Trần Hoàng Thám (30 tuổi), ngụ ấp Bến Bàu, xã Quách Phẩm Bắc, H.Đầm Dơi (Cà Mau) dương tính với cúm A/H1N1”.

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