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South Korea: Detection of H5N8 influenza virus in ducks
The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Food Industry of Korea has confirmed that the bird flu virus detected at a duck farm is a highly pathogenic strain of H…
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The first case of death from H5N1 flu in 2014
After a week of illness, 52-year-old man in Binh Minh commune, Bu Dang district (Binh Phuoc) died.
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Detection of influenza A outbreak at a school in Hanoi
That is the area of Tri Duc High School in My Dinh, Tu Liem with dozens of students transferred to the Central Hospital of Tropical Diseases in high fever, fatigue, re…
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Warning for H7N9 flu can spread from person to person
A 31-year-old surgeon in Shanghai (China) has just died from H7N9 flu, raising fears that the virus could spread from person to person.
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China added 10 cases of H7N9 infection in 1 day
In the context of the massive influx of people returning home and many birds being moved during the Lunar New Year, the H7N9 epidemic is likely to boom in China.
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Korea: Detection of H5N8 virus in the geese
Dead geese belong to geese in the reservoir above, where the ducks migrated naturally to death.
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Alarm on the new bird flu strain H10N8
Chinese scientists voiced their alarm on February 5 after the new H10N8 bird flu virus killed an old woman in December 2013 and another infected with the virus in Januar…
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Vaccination against influenza H7N9 initially tested successfully
In the context of complicated H7N9 outbreaks, China has announced initial success in developing this vaccine against the dangerous flu strain.
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Two cases of death from H5N1 flu in Cambodia
Director of CDCD Sok Touch said, the two patients died on the same day at the hospital of Kompong Cham province.
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Malaysia announced the first case of H7N9 influenza virus infection
Ministry of Health Malaysia on February 12 announced that the country has appeared the first case of H7N9 flu as a Chinese tourist.
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Egypt recorded the first case of death due to MERS virus
On February 28, Egyptian health officials confirmed a patient died after a viral infection in the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS-CoV).
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Hong Kong discovered more cases of the 6th flu H7N9
On March 4, Hong Kong health authorities (China) confirmed a new case of human H7N9 flu infection.
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China: 30% of people infected with H7N9 have died
A Chinese official, Chung Nam Son, confirmed that China now has 340 cases of H7N9 infection and a death rate of up to 30%.
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Many cases of H1N1 serious complications
Only on March 16, the Hanoi Central Hospital of Emergency Medicine received 2 cases of influenza A (H1N1) in the condition of dyspnea, respiratory failure, bilateral lun…
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H7 strain bird flu first appeared in Macau
On March 13, the government of the Special Administrative Region of Macau (China) said it had discovered for the first time the H7 bird flu virus in live poultry samples…