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Tet: The risk of relapse of the flu
In the past 50 days, Vietnam has not recorded cases of influenza A / H5N1 in humans. But the coming of the Lunar New Year, there is still the potential of pandemic flu .…
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The third Turkish baby died from bird flu
The disaster struck a Turkish mother when her three young children died from bird flu in less than a week. The 6-year-old is now hospitalized. The reason is that the chi…
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Play cards to learn how to defend yourself against bird flu
The danger of a pandemic, the way of infection of viruses, telephones and addresses of medical facilities ... all of them are printed in condensation. This is a new meas…
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Anise is a raw material for Tamiflu
Anise fruit is becoming the savior of countries with avian influenza because it is the main ingredient for making Tamiflu antiviral drug. In Vietnam, it was planted in t…
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Experience against Vietnamese bird flu can help Turkey
Experts say Vietnam's significant progress in controlling bird flu could be a valuable experience for new epidemics like Turkey. Recent tests showed that 15 more people…
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China tested bird flu vaccine in humans
On November 22, Chinese scientists said the bird flu vaccine they prepared was approved by the Chinese Food and Drug Administration and will be tested in humans.
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Add more new translation points
Thanh Hoa is the most: seven new translation points in seven communes of six districts and towns; Quang Ninh has six points in six communes in two districts; Thai Nguyen…
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The emergence of mutant bird flu virus in Cambodia
A strain of mutated bird flu has just been found on specimens in Cambodia, but it is not known if the strain is more toxic than the H5N1 virus that killed four people he…
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Who volunteered to test the H5N1 vaccine?
Facing with the information about the strain of H5N1 virus, the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology affirmed:
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H5N1 virus was found on dead poultry in Quang Ngai
Test results of samples of dead poultry in Binh Thanh Tay commune (Binh Son district) have just shown positive results of H5N1. Most recently, in Hanh Thien commune (Ngh…
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Thanh Hoa continues to translate
On November 27, the Department of Animal Health announced on 25 and 26 November avian influenza outbreaks in 3 poultry households in 3 communes and wards of Trieu Son, H…
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Calculated to destroy all poultry
On the afternoon of November 26, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem co-chaired the meeting with ministries and branches to co…
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Indonesia established an avian influenza surveillance system
Yesterday, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the country would establish an surveillance system for bird flu that could monitor bird flu in millions of…
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Virus variant found in bird flu patients
Studies show that the H5N1 avian influenza virus in Chinese patients has changed compared to this virus in avian influenza patients in Vietnam, the Chinese Ministry of H…
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Indonesia: the ability of avian flu to spread from person to person
The World Health Organization on November 29 said the 16-year-old was confirmed as the 12th bird flu case in Indonesia, with two brothers dying with similar symptoms a f…