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Third death from avian influenza in Vietnam
Monday, 23 March, 2009
A three-year-old Vietnamese boy died 19th March from bird flu, becoming the country's third human victim of the disease this year. The boy was admitted to the city's Tropical Diseases Institute on 16th where he tested positive for the H5N1 strain of the avian influenza virus. His condition worsened yesterday morning and he died in the afternoon. Vietnam has the world's second-highest bird flu death toll after Indonesia, with 55 deaths.
