Vietnam: Bird flu tends to slow down

Updated at: 14/03/2012 15:24

(VEN) - At a meeting of the Steering Committee national prevention of avian influenza and foot and mouth pm 13/3, Department of Animal Health - Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said: Until the present time, the outbreak is still being local control and tends to decrease. The country also four provinces with avian influenza has 21 days, Quang Tri, Thai Nguyen, Ha Tinh and Hai Duong. From the beginning of the year, outbreaks have occurred in 59 communes of 42 districts of 14 provinces and cities as 66,497 birds infected, death and destruction. MARD Deputy Minister Diep Kinh Tan DAH requirements and procedures enter quickly to 50 million doses of bird flu vaccine to the provinces enclosure, control of translation. Also, urgently reserve enough anthrax vaccine to inject phase 1 in May and 500,000 reserve blue ear vaccine prevention in the future.