Catbird
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There are only a few details about this, although there may be more info later. The method used for testing for H7N9 wasn't specified and there's no info on cause of death.
Machine translation:
"The risk of influenza infection from eggs, frozen poultry smuggling
Thanh Nien Online - 6 hours ago
(TNO) Height 4.5, MOH Steering Committee meeting hazard prevention. Mr. Tran Dac Phu, Deputy Director of the Department of Preventive Medicine - Department of Health, said in January 4.2013, only 9 major international border had 140 898 passengers entry into Vietnam from China. The risk of H7N1 flu in Vietnam intrusion huge.
Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long said the case is a Chinese passenger (from Jiangsu, where the H7N9 flu) entry into Vietnam through the border gate in Lang Son suspected influenza with high fever, sore throat.
The passenger later died in Ha Tinh (on 26.4). Seven people went to the same group of patients has also been isolated in time, sampling tests. All samples of deaths and the union members were negative for influenza A/H7N9. The gate then continue to monitor body temperature 100% of passengers coming from affected areas.
Deputy Minister Nguyen Thanh Long feared H7N9 influenza risk in Vietnam is not only huge but also passengers coming through from frozen eggs and poultry smuggling. These products, if they are cooked pathogen (virus) will be destroyed, but in the course of transportation, storage and processing, the risk of infection is high if it is infected with virus products derived from avian A/H7N9 flu, H5N1. This is the virulent virus, the mortality rate is high (20% -50%).
At the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases, the number of people with flu syndrome, severe pneumonia due to suspected influenza also increased in recent weeks with 100-120 people / day, which recorded cases of severe pneumonia influenza virus."
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Machine translation:
"The risk of influenza infection from eggs, frozen poultry smuggling
Thanh Nien Online - 6 hours ago
(TNO) Height 4.5, MOH Steering Committee meeting hazard prevention. Mr. Tran Dac Phu, Deputy Director of the Department of Preventive Medicine - Department of Health, said in January 4.2013, only 9 major international border had 140 898 passengers entry into Vietnam from China. The risk of H7N1 flu in Vietnam intrusion huge.
Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long said the case is a Chinese passenger (from Jiangsu, where the H7N9 flu) entry into Vietnam through the border gate in Lang Son suspected influenza with high fever, sore throat.
The passenger later died in Ha Tinh (on 26.4). Seven people went to the same group of patients has also been isolated in time, sampling tests. All samples of deaths and the union members were negative for influenza A/H7N9. The gate then continue to monitor body temperature 100% of passengers coming from affected areas.
Deputy Minister Nguyen Thanh Long feared H7N9 influenza risk in Vietnam is not only huge but also passengers coming through from frozen eggs and poultry smuggling. These products, if they are cooked pathogen (virus) will be destroyed, but in the course of transportation, storage and processing, the risk of infection is high if it is infected with virus products derived from avian A/H7N9 flu, H5N1. This is the virulent virus, the mortality rate is high (20% -50%).
At the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases, the number of people with flu syndrome, severe pneumonia due to suspected influenza also increased in recent weeks with 100-120 people / day, which recorded cases of severe pneumonia influenza virus."
xhttp://www.thanhnien.com.vn/pages/20130504/nguy-co-nhiem-cum-tu-trung-gia-cam-dong-lanh-nhap-lau.aspx