Posts Tagged ‘ Bird Flu Virus ’

Bird flu virus kills teen farmer in Vietnam 

January 22, 2012
Bird flu virus kills teen farmer in Vietnam 

  A teenage duck farmer in southern Vietnam has been killed by the bird flu virus this month, a doctor said at a meeting with Ho Chi Minh City Health Department Wednesday. Le Van N. of Hau Giang Province in the Mekong Delta was hospitalized January 10 with high fever and fatigue but died a day [...]

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Bird flu outbreak strikes three provinces 

September 20, 2011
Bird flu outbreak strikes three provinces 

A man carrying chickens on National Highway 1 in Ho Chi Minh City’s Binh Chanh District. Bird flu has hit flocks of fowl in three of Vietnam’s north-central provinces over the last two weeks, the Department of Animal Health announced on Tuesday (September 13). Hoang Van Nam, the department chief, said at a meeting of [...]

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Bird flu mutation yet to increase risk to human health 

September 13, 2011
Bird flu mutation yet to increase risk to human health 

Ducklings at an incubation farm outside Hanoi. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization said a new strain of bird flu virus has yet to increase the risk to human health in Vietnam. A new bird flu virus strain is unlikely to increase the risk to human health in Vietnam despite a warning last week [...]

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New bird flu virus mutation threatens Vietnam 

September 3, 2011
New bird flu virus mutation threatens Vietnam 

  Experts urge better detection and poultry production practices in response to a new mutant strain of H5N1 appearing in the northern and central parts of the country Cooked chicken are displayed for sale on a street in Hanoi. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization warned against a new strain of H5N1 virus in [...]

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Vietnam plans H1N1 vaccines as flu outbreak looms

June 9, 2009
Vietnam plans H1N1 vaccines as flu outbreak looms

A woman is vaccinated at the Hanoi Center for Preventive Health. Vietnamese companies will receive influenza A (H1N1) virus samples this week toward enabling mass production of vaccines, according to a seminar held in Hanoi heard Monday. It was also announced Monday that the number of people in Vietnam found infected with the virus had [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...