Bird flu pandemic

Vietnam has announced its intention to soon test a vaccine against bird flu on human beings. This vaccine could, if the tests are successful, be used to immunize human beings and poultry against the H5N1 virus of bird flu. On Vietnam, one of the countries hardest hit by the avian flu virus, will begin testing a vaccine on human beings in the coming weeks, according to a senior military medical. The manager has not given a more specific date but said that the Ministry of Health of Vietnam has approved tests which will last for eight months at the Academy of Military Medical Ha Tay province near Hanoi.