Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Out of Vietnam: China notified deaths 5th by avian influenza

[From an article in Vietnam]:
Update: Yesterday, at 11:50 - Source: DanTri.com.vn
(Dân trí) - China has more a case of death due to avian influenza. This is the fifth death due to infection from the disease early this year to date in China.

According to Xinhua news employers, their patients Liang, 18, from Guangxi Province. Patients from the hospital 19 / 1. The results of the review by the Center Control and Prevention Disease China conducted to see Liang positive with H5N1 virus.
Last week, a woman in the area west China have died from avian influenza. A woman in the East, a youth in the South West and women in Beijing have also died due to disease in the first month of the year.

Health Ministry of China said the deaths were due to have contact with birds died.

After the deaths due to avian influenza control, Health Ministry of China has the ability to investigate disease spread by patients exposed to many people.

Of this have not confirmed signs of a batch of Bùng in large scale. The case was infected isolation and no signs of virus were variations as dangerous.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Agriculture order to strengthen supervision and management market live poultry, especially in Chinese New Year holiday.

According to the World Health (WHO), has about 250 people network because avian influenza worldwide since 2003.

Scientists are concerned, avian influenza viruses can change the form easily spread from person to person, threatening to cause a global pandemic.

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