Avian influenza outbreaks in Asia

Indonesia: 3 children hospitalized with bird flu symptoms

Vietnam and China have announced the discovery of new outbreaks while Japan has destroyed 180,000 heads of poultry when detecting signs of bird flu at the farm.

The H5N1 strain of bird flu has caused 9,000 poultry and many birds in Liaoning province, northwestern China and 3,000 birds in Bac Giang province, Vietnam died.

Immediately the Chinese government ordered the destruction of about 300,000 birds and poultry around the village of Badaohao, Liaoning. Similarly, Vietnam has also isolated disease-prone areas and conducted human tests because at least one person has been suspected of being infected.

Mr. Nguyen Dang Khoa, vice chairman of Bac Giang People's Committee said that transporting poultry to or from the area with epidemics is prohibited and the government has also disinfected neighboring areas.

Dida Connor, a WHO spokeswoman in Hanoi, said the outbreak was very concerned. She said: "The inspection and detection of outbreaks are very well done, but the concern is that the disease outbreaks continue to occur".

Meanwhile, Fabio Friscia, an employee of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the World Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), said there will be many outbreaks going on in the near future as it is now approaching December and January, when the temperature drops sharply. .

In Hanoi, there was a case of suspected bird flu infection, but the Institute of Epidemiology said the test results were negative. Also during this time, training courses on transferring patients to medical centers are being held in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Khanh Hoa. Currently health centers are also in a state of receiving thousands of cases of bird flu.

* Meanwhile in Indonesia three children (5 months old, 10 months old and 8 years old) have contacted a woman who died of suspected bird flu infection (10-month-old baby girl while 2 boys The rest are grandchildren who have been hospitalized with symptoms of bird flu.

Ilham Patu, spokesperson for Sulianti Saroso Hospital, said three children were hospitalized Tuesday with symptoms such as high fever, cough and were tested for bird flu.

KINH LUAN (synthesized)