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Article: Vietnam warns bird flu spreading faster this year; Thailand OKs emergency budget to fight the illness
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- January 25, 2005
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MARGIE MASON, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
01-25-2005
Dateline: HANOI, Vietnam
Vietnam warned that bird flu is spreading even faster this year than in last year's disastrous Asian outbreak, while Thailand approved an emergency budget Tuesday to fight the disease amid concern that the world is ill-prepared for an overdue pandemic.
A top health official in Vietnam said the communist country is preparing to combat bird flu over the long haul as the virus shows signs of increased momentum. Nine people have died in Vietnam from the H5N1 bird flu strain since Dec. 30 _ compared to 20 for the rest of last year.
"Compared to the first wave in 2004, the number of people infected with ...