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Fatal Human avian influenza case in Vietnam
Monday, 1 March, 2010
A 38 year old woman in the southern province of Tien Giang has become the 1st fatal case of bird flu in Viet Nam in 2010, bringing the country's toll from avian influenza to 58, the health ministry said on Friday 26 Feb 2010. The victim had killed and cooked sick waterfowl. A 3 year old girl in the central province of Khanh Hoa was previously reported with confirmed flu earlier this month. According to Viet Nam's Department of Animal Health (DAH) update on Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza dated 23 Feb 2010, an avian influenza H5N1 outbreak was reported from Nghe An province among 500 affected ducks, of which 50 died. Currently, 7 provinces -- Ca Mau, Dien Bien, Soc Trang, Kon Tum, Quang Tri, Nghe An, and Nam Dinh -- have reported avian influenza outbreaks within the last 21 days.
