Actively A/H5N1 flu

Actively A/H5N1 fluWednesday, 02.08.2012, 02:44 (GMT +7)
Afternoon 7-2, at Steering Committee meetings prevention of dangerous diseases and emerging, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long said: After 20 months, A/H5N1 flu has returned to our country. So, next time Vietnam has a risk of additional cases of influenza caused by husbandry practices of the people, slaughtering practices, use of poultry, especially duck use. However, people should not be confused, worried by the Ministry of Health has made positive measures and timely prevention in local areas have A/H5N1 flu appear in humans.
In 2012, the health sector focus A/H5N1 flu prevention. It is caused by A/H5N1 flu in poultry and humans in 2011 to now, the world and in Vietnam continues to be recognized so the risk of epidemic spread in poultry and infected people are very high.In particular, the phenomenon of A/H5N1 flu virus circulating in waterfowl flocks in some form of healthy people carry the infection makes it difficult to monitor and treat early influenza outbreak in poultry. In addition, habitual use of poultry products and frequent changes of the influenza A/H5N1 virus strains so the potential risk of transmission from poultry to humans as well as the risk of transmission from person to person very high and the poultry mixed with other animals such as pigs create opportunities for the virus could exchange genes and mutations create new strains.
....On 7-2, Quach Van West, The Director of the Veterinary Department of Soc Trang province, said the time has now discovered thousands of birds die in 4 local series include: communal Join London, Ngoc Dong (Xuyen district) Phu My (My Tu district) and Thanh Tan (Thanh Tri district - Soc Trang). Veterinary Soc Trang province has taken 90 samples of poultry sent to the Regional Animal Health in Can Tho to seven tests. As a result, there were two samples in poultry in Thanh Tan Commune, Thanh Tri district and Ngoc Dong Xuyen positive for H5N1 virus.Veterinary Department of Soc Trang province also directed the veterinary stations in localities associated with the management of the markets, people's committees of communes, wards and townships strengthen monitoring business situation of cattle, poultry, poultry products in the area ... sure have been quarantined. Strictly handle business cases transport of poultry, poultry products not quarantined animal health, determined not to happen the illegal slaughter of poultry in the area ...

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VIETNAM-Unfortunately, dead poultry, the death eaters #H5N1 #BIRDFLU

 Thursday, 02/02/2012 | 15:10 (GMT + 7)

1.2012 consecutive months there have been 2 deaths from avian influenza A/H5N1. Notably, both patients had been exposed to all kinds of poultry chickens, ducks and ate dead poultry.

  Chicken, duck sick ... it does not bury dead

 2 patients have died of influenza A/H5N1 in Soc Trang.  Mr. Nguyen Van Binh, Director of Preventive Health (MOH) said, through epidemiological investigation showed that patients were slaughtered, sick eating chicken instead of buried. .. Meanwhile, in patients living areas also have the phenomenon of death but still sick poultry slaughter for subjective cup ..

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Kien Giang’s teenager died of A/H5N1 influenza #H5N1 #BIRDFLU

VietNamNet Bridge - A 15-year-old boy from the southern province of Kien Giang, who tended ducks in Can Tho City, died of H5N1 flu after having temperature and treating himself with medicine.

One week ago, the patient named Danh Ni had cough and high temperature. His disease even got worse after he took some medicine. Ni later decided to go home but continued to cough persistently and was hospitalized with breathing difficulties.
Medical staff took a sample from him and sent it to the HCM City Pasteur Institute. The next day, Ni died when the results of testing the disease sample confirmed Ni was positive for H5N1. Ni became the first fatality because of the avian flu A/H5N1 this year.

Le Hoang Anh, Director of the Kien Giang Health Department, held that the patient had caught H5N1 virus from the duck camp where he worked previously.

The Kien Giang preventive medical centre has sprayed chemicals to disinfect the region around the patient’s house and monitored the areas where Danh Ni had stayed.

Blood samples have been also taken from those contacting the patient, including his relatives and medical workers.http://english.vietnamnet.vn/en/society/17948/kien-giang-s-teenager-died-of-a-h5n1-influenza.html