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Avian influenza re-emerges in Vietnam
The first outbreak appeared on December 6 in Khanh Hung commune, Tran Van Thoi district, Ca Mau province, killing more than 2,500 poultry. One day later, Bac Lieu provin…
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Egypt discovered 3 more people infected with bird flu
Egypt has discovered three new cases of human avian flu, all of which belong to a family in the town of Zifta, Gharbiya province, 90 km north of Cairo. Office of the Wor…
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Egypt is puzzled by the evolution of bird flu
In just four days, Egypt witnessed 3 deaths from bird flu, bringing the total number of people killed by H5N1 virus in the country to 10 and causing concerns about the s…
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Monitoring and preventing bird flu in Vietnam
Next week, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Food and Agriculture Org…
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EU spent 28.3 million euros for bird flu research
The European Union (EU) yesterday announced it would spend 28.3 million euros (35.5 billion USD) on a new fund to study bird flu. Vietnam is one of the partners particip…
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Indonesia: Two more people infected with bird flu
Yesterday morning, a 2-year-old Indonesian boy became the latest victim of bird flu, bringing the total number of deaths from the H5N1 virus to the country to 56. Anothe…
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Passive medicine for prevention of H5N1
Wait for a suspected case of hospitalization, taking a test sample, treatment and reporting as a process that the health sector is taking. This process is too passive, D…
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From August 20, vaccination for bird flu across the country
Yesterday afternoon (August 17), Mr. Hoang Van Nam - Deputy Director of Department of Animal Health (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) said that the central…
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Tamiflu makes H5N1 virus change?
The Thai Ministry of Health has just said that the bird flu virus has changed more complicated than before, making it harder for people to detect. Initial tests of two r…
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Thailand propagates bird flu at home
Thai Ministry of Health is conducting a campaign to propagate avian influenza prevention and control to every household across the country, from Vietnam to Vietnam.
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Vietnam - Laos cooperates to prevent bird flu
On August 24, in Hanoi, the Ministry of Health of Vietnam signed a memorandum of understanding with the Lao Ministry of Health on cooperation in preventing bird flu and…
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Injection of 3.3 million doses of bird flu vaccine in the second round of 2006
According to the Department of Animal Health, currently provinces of Hau Giang, Dong Thap and An Giang have deployed bird flu vaccination for the second time in 2006 wit…
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Indonesia was criticized in the fight against bird flu
Indonesian health officials said yesterday a 14-year-old girl who died in June was confirmed with bird flu, and this is the 47th death because of H5N1.
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The WHO suspects that H5N1 has spread from person to person
On May 24, the World Health Organization (WHO) said the H5N1 virus could have spread from person-to-person to an Indonesian family and killed six people. But so far, exp…
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WHO: H5N1 infection may be due to close contact and for too long
According to Maria Cheng, a spokesman for the World Health Organization (WHO) in Indonesia, seven members of a family in northern Sumatra island died in May because bird…