Vietnam: 3 More Provinces Infected with SF; from students attending Ngo The Times School

HPAI H1N1 from HCMC school spread to 3 other provinces

Binh Duong, Dong Nai and Ba Ria - Vung Tau are three local people to detect infection and infection of H1N1, the source of disease spread from students "in the flu" schools private Ngo The Times, District 9, HCMC.


Representative Department of Health HCMC for two cases in Vung Tau and Binh Duong are the students of the school Ngô Thời The start of the disease. Individual in Dong Nai province of the student body.

Doctor Vo Van Hung, Deputy Director of Department of Health Ba Ria - Vung Tau, said the province has 37 students are studying at school Ngo The Times. Cases identified as H1N1 positive male students 15 years old live in Ba Ria town. After a day of treatment, this morning health status of patients was good progress.

In time students affected first carry flu germs to school (9 / 7), the private Ngô Thời The approximately 900 children in residence. By the end of last week, more than 700 children have left school for family in many provinces to summer holiday. However, until now, outside Binh Duong, Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Dong Nai province, other provinces such as Dak Lak, Lam Dong, Binh Thuan, Ca Mau, Tay Ninh (his students) has not appeared the flu.

Nguyen Van Chau, Director of the Department of Health to HCMC, the school has directly notified the telephone family 900 children, they suggest a glass or when the manifestations of disease must report immediately to the or local medical. "Department of Health HCMC also work with other provinces have students stay to control the disease spread suffuse the community," Mr Chau said.

This morning, even 5 days after detection of the disease first, Ngô Thời The school has 61 students and teachers infected with HPAI H1N1. Rate spread is the expert evaluation is very high.

According to Ministry of Health, to the 21 / 7, the country has nearly 450 people infected with flu. People in countries with (but not to the country have) increased rapidly since the two appear large outbreak in Xuan Loc, Dong Nai and school Ngo The Times.
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