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Vietnam reports two new human cases of bird flu
Mar 3, 2010, 8:00 GMT
Hanoi - Vietnamese authorities announced two new human cases of avian influenza Wednesday, the second and third this year.
Nguyen Huy Nga, head of the Health Ministry's preventive medicine and environment department, said the latest cases were a 17-year-old girl from the northern province of Tuyen Quang, and a 3-year-old girl in the central province of Khanh Hoa.
On February 23, a 38-year-old woman in the southern province of Tien Giang reportedly died from bird flu.
Outbreaks of avian influenza among poultry have been reported in seven provinces this year. The latest killed 10,000 fowl in Khanh Hoa, the official Vietnam News reported.
Hoang Van Nam, head of the animal health department, said lack of adherence to vaccination programs was the main cause of the outbreak.
The 17-year-old girl fell ill on February 19 and was hospitalized five days later. The Ministry of Health reported she had culled her family's flock of chickens after they became ill.
The 3-year-old tested positive for the A/H5N1 virus February 25.
The cases brought to 115 the number of human cases of bird flu in Vietnam since the disease appeared in 2003, with 58 deaths. Only Indonesia has registered more cases and human deaths.
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