Sunday, February 22, 2009

Patients first had influenza A H5N1 in Quang Ninh province has died



Patients first had influenza A H5N1 in Quang Ninh province has died

Sunday, 22/02/2009, 01:47 (GMT +7)


Mekong Delta: HPAI Bùng Express

((SGGP) .- On 21-2, patients Ly Tai Mui (women, ethnic Dao, 23 years) resident in Port Na, An Quang commune, Dam Ha district, the patient's first Quang Ninh influenza A infection H5N1, has died after 18 days hospitalization. According to tests by about epidemiology of central, patients Ly Tai Mui to be positive for influenza A H5N1 virus.

Although the doctor's Provincial Hospital in collaboration with the Institute of Medicine Clinical tropical countries, Bach Mai hospital in the treatment exposed it special for patients with positive influenza A H5N1, but the situation patients with more severe symptoms: overflowing on the two lungs, respiratory failure level progress, the target still, liver failure, failure has increased, and internal poisoning. After 18 days of treatment was positive, Ly Tai Mui has died.

Initial estimates, the cost of treatment for patients about 20 million / day.

* As of 21-2, HPAI has reoccurred in 4 provinces in the Mekong Delta Ca Mau, Bac Lieu, Soc Trang and Hau Giang. In Ca Mau, the local recurrence HPAI first Mekong Delta, up to 18-2, (more than 1 month after detecting the first outbreak) flu occurred in 4 communes of 3 districts is Tran Van Time, Thoi Binh and Tan Phu. Number of birds have all the 10,000 children, most of which are run of ducks, not two full vaccination nose stipulated.

In the provinces of Soc Trang, Bac Lieu and Hau Giang, prevention of HPAI are being carried out urgently. Nguyen Hien Trung, Department Chief Veterinary Department Hau Giang, said: Its Health Hau Giang has just received results 4 / 5 flocks of ducks with the amount of the 2790 Vi Thuy district (where the outbreaks occurred 8 and 9-2) with positive influenza A H5N1.

Apart Vi Thuy district, now, more Hau Giang Long My district and appear in 3 communes of Vinh Vien, Long Phu and Binh Long. In Soc Trang, a few continuous days, nearly 10,000 children influenza (most of the ducks run) in 2 districts and My Xuyen Nga Nam has been detected and destroyed as influenza A H5N1 infection.

Currently, the Mekong Delta is the harvest of the winter-spring rice. This is also the time is concerned by the local management to run out of ducks. According to the Center's veterinary region VII, to the HPAI more likely to spread wide to the northern provinces of Hau River as Dong Thap, Tien Giang, Vinh Long ...

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