Bird flu strikes again on Vietnam

These are some 300 ducks, a farmer in the district of Thang Binh, who were killed from 10 to 12 March. According to the provincial veterinarian, samples from the animals are fully assimilated to the avian flu virus. This plague made its appearance in December 2003 in Vietnam and at the time it is tens of millions of chickens in the country were destroyed. In 2004, we discover that humans can catch the virus. Source: WHO includes inrsOn while contamination is by air or by direct route: respiratory secretions of infected animals, feathers and droppings or dust contaminated. Monday, the Vietnamese Ministry of Health announced the death of a young boy of 11 years. This brings to five the number of victims of the virus in that country. The boy who had eaten meat from a dead chicken, fell ill on March 5 and was hospitalized three days later and then transferred to the General Hospital of Pediatrics in Hanoi last Tuesday. The new death brings to 52 the number of deaths due to bird flu identified by the authorities of Vietnam. Residents have received advice not to consume dead or diseased poultry, as well as those whose origin is unknown. Fortunately, the disease is not transmissible from person to person (no human-to-human contamination). Today, the 11 affected localities in Vietnam by bird flu: Ninh Binh, Phu Tho, Ha Nam, Tuyen Quang, Hano and Lao Cai in the northern region, Quang Tri, Quang Binh and Quang Nam in the Central Region, Soc Trang and Vinh Long in the south. And according to the World Health Organization (WHO), 361 human cases of avian influenza, including 227 deaths, were recorded in the world between February 2003 and February 2008. The risk of being infected by eating meat or eggs is low or negligible according to the French agency for food safety. Cooking destroys the virus.