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Vietnam faces risk of bird flu outbreak in humans: health ministry
Last updated: 12/14/2010 16:05
While no bird flu human case has been recorded over the past eight months in Vietnam, the country is still at high risk of the epidemic among humans, according to the Ministry of Health.
Nguyen Tran Hien, head of the ministry?s National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, said recently that the H5N1 virus has attacked some provinces, increasing the risk of humans contracting the disease.
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According to the ministry, there have been seven cases of the H5N1 virus in Vietnam this year, including two deaths in the southern provinces of Binh Duong and Tien Giang.
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http://www.thanhniennews.com/2010/Pages/20101214160655.aspx
Last updated: 12/14/2010 16:05
While no bird flu human case has been recorded over the past eight months in Vietnam, the country is still at high risk of the epidemic among humans, according to the Ministry of Health.
Nguyen Tran Hien, head of the ministry?s National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, said recently that the H5N1 virus has attacked some provinces, increasing the risk of humans contracting the disease.
...
According to the ministry, there have been seven cases of the H5N1 virus in Vietnam this year, including two deaths in the southern provinces of Binh Duong and Tien Giang.
Full text:
http://www.thanhniennews.com/2010/Pages/20101214160655.aspx