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  • A Tet, epidemics occur massively

    20:28 hours on March 3, 2010

    After influenza A/H5N1, has the risk of cholera spreading Southwest region. On the afternoon of March 3, at the national steering committee meeting room service national flu, said Nguyen Huy Nga, Director of Department of Preventive Health and Environment (Ministry of Health) said, in An Giang has about 100 people diarrhea, including 10 who have positive test results with commas described bacteria. Examination of water sources, ponds in An Giang also described bacteria. Onset phase cholera in An Giang is from Cambodia - where local authorities have confirmed three months from this service and died as described. An Giang Province is the source of the Tien River, Hau River on the western provinces; so that risk spreading the bacteria described western provinces is very high.

    Situation A/H5N1 flu patients, two patients in Tuyen Quang and Khanh Hoa has the critical attack, is in good health. Mr. Tran Nhu Duong, Institute for Hygiene and Epidemiology Institute is central for the virus isolated from samples collected products to look for variation in the virus or not. Mr Yang said detection cases of bird flu in humans in the Lunar New Year was epidemiological experts anticipate, is not unusual. The cause of influenza A/H5N1 virus still exists in offline aquatic birds, can cause disease in poultry and aquatic birds as having favorable conditions. Lunar New Year is also a chance to work transportation, trade, slaughtering poultry occurred in one week.

    About progress on bird flu, Department of Animal Health (Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development) said, Ha Giang provinces latest bird flu detected. We left the country seven provinces of Ca Mau, Dien Bien, Soc Trang, Nam Dinh, Khanh Hoa, Tuyen Quang and Ha Giang with bird flu has 21 days.


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    Re: A Tet, epidemics occur massively

    Source: http://www.saigon-gpdaily.com.vn/Health/2010/3/79951/

    Thursday ,Mar 04,2010, Posted at: 15:51(GMT+7)
    Cholera threats in southern border provinces

    Since Tet (Lunar New Year), several cases of cholera and widespread acute diarrhea have been recorded in the Mekong Delta Province of An Giang along its border with Cambodia.

    Most of the people with cholera or acute diarrhea are border residents who often travel to Cambodia for businesses, while some are Cambodians, head of the Health Ministry?s Preventive Medicine and Environment Department, Associate Professor Dr Nguyen Huy Nga, said March 3.

    Cambodian health agencies said there is a cholera epidemic on the Cambodian side of the border with An Giang Province.

    Dr Nga warned that cholera could spread across the southern border provinces of Vietnam as cholera vibrios have been found in water sources.
    By Quoc Lap ? Translated by Hai Mien

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