No evidence of influenza A/H5N1 infection from person to person

At the meeting of the National Steering Committee against pandemic influenza in the afternoon 14 / 4 at the Ministry of Health, Dr. Tran Nhu Duong, Vice Director of the Central Hygiene and Epidemiology Institute, said the institute's investigation of two cases of influenza A/H5N1 has been recorded in Na Tao village, As can commune, Cho Moi, Bac Kan Province not detect evidence of infections from person to person. According to two reports of working groups of the Institute in Bac Kan, two patients at about 100 meters apart but there is no direct contact with each other. 33 people have contact with patients on two samples have been tested and are negative for influenza A/H5N1. 2 patients were exposed to bird flu alone.