Vietnam Announces 58th Death from A/H1N1

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10-2 pm, representatives of Department of Preventive Health and Environment (Ministry of Health) said that Vietnam has recorded a case of death from influenza A/H1N1 in Dien Bien province. Patients are male, age 37, in Hospital Dien Bien province on the expression or 22-1, severe pneumonia, respiratory insufficiency.

Assoc. Dr. Nguyen Tran Hien, Director of Institute of the Central Hygiene and Epidemiology, said the result sent by the 10 monitoring points across the country last week, the rate of patients infected with influenza A/H1N1 influenza in general and in particular the tends to decrease, only 3% positive for influenza A/H1N1 in of all have expressed doubt.

On 27-1, Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology central pay test results, patients positive for influenza A/H1N1. The situation took advanced severe disease, the patient died on day 4-2.
Thus, up to 10-2, the country has recorded 11,186 cases positive for influenza A/H1N1, 58 deaths.

About avian flu, the country has six provinces where bird flu A/H5N1 has infected 21 days. However, no recorded cases of influenza A/H5N1 more on people.:magnify:

Ministry of Health recommends the Lunar New Year, the density of reciprocal exchanges between different regions of the country and abroad may lead to the risk of influenza A/H1N1 spreads strong progress in the community. People must be active prevention services, personal hygiene, environmental sanitation to minimize infection and death from influenza A/H1N1. :tiphat:http://www.tuoitre.com.vn/Tianyon/Index.aspx?ArticleID=363634&ChannelID=3

 

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[This translation is a bit more clear...to me ...confirming he was hospitalized on January 22nd].

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Care, treatment for patients with influenza A/H1N1 in Hospital North Thang Long, Hanoi.
Delivered at the meeting directed the National Commission on prevention of influenza pandemic in humans pm 10/2, in Hanoi, representatives of Department of Preventive Health and Environment under the Ministry of Health said that Vietnam recorded a school deaths due to influenza A/H1N1 in Dien Bien province.

Patients are male, age 37, in Hospital Dien Bien province on 22/1 the expression cough, severe pneumonia, respiratory insufficiency.

27 / 1, Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology central pay test results, patients positive for influenza A/H1N1. The situation took advanced severe disease, the patient died on 4 / 2.

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[it appears the victim wasin the commune health clinic far too long. ]

Dien Bien: Identify a case of death from influenza A/H1N1
16:36 'February 11, 2010

DBP - According to Department of Health, Dien Bien has identified a case of death due to influenza A/H1N1 virus. It is not Van Bun patients, 37 years old residing in communal Cha Neua, Muong Cha district.

Patients with flu symptoms appear and treatment at commune health stations from Phoenix Neua January 14, 2010 but the disease does not help.

22 / 1, the patient was transferred to hospital in Muong Cha district but evolutions increasingly severe disease.

To 25 / 1, Muong Cha district hospital moved patients Bun Provincial Hospital for treatment. Here, patients apply treatment guidelines active resuscitation, and hospital and taken to send product samples to the Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology central test.

Although the hospital and medical doctors actively treated, but to date 4/2 Van Bun No patient died of respiratory failure, severe pneumonia. Test results of patients samples Products are Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology submitted later identify patients positive for influenza A/H1N1 virus.

According to doctors Luong Van Kien, Deputy Director of Health Dien Bien: Currently, translated influenza A/H1N1 in the province was under control, stability, only to appear are scattered a number of follow-up, treatment in the community. In that case a district Tuan Giao, Dien Bien Phu and Ho 2 cases. Mass communication preventing influenza A/H1N1 has been from the provincial health system to implement drastic basis, control not to translate complicated development

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Last Updated: Friday, February 12, 2010 23:05:35 Vietnam (GMT+07)

Swine flu kills man in northern Vietnam

A 37 year-old man died of the swine flu last week in the northern province of Dien Bien, bringing the country?s total swine flue death toll to 58, the health ministry reported on Wednesday.

The man, whose identity wasn?t revealed, was admitted to Dien Binh General Hospital on January 22 with critical pneumonia and respiratory failure, according to the ministry?s Department of Preventive Health and Environment.

He was confirmed positive for the swine flu influenza A (H1N1) virus five days later by a test conducted at the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology in Hanoi. He died last Thursday.

Since it was first detected here last May, swine flu had attacked 11,186 people and killed 58, according to the Ministry of Health.

Nguyen Tran Hien, head of the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, said results from ten observation stations nationwide showed that the ratio of H1N1-positive patients compared to the total number of people reporting flu symptoms had decreased to around three in every 100.

But H1N1 would be likely to spread during Vietnam?s traditional New Year Tet due to high travel rates, the ministry warned.

In the meantime, six provinces had were currently dealing with avian flu outbreaks, but no human cases of the virus have been reported so far this year, according to local health agencies.

Source: Tuoi Tre