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February 14, 2008
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Roundup: Asia faces grave situation of bird flu outbreak

HONG KONG, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Asia is facing the grave situation of fighting against the spread of bird flu outbreak, with the reports of more human contraction of the disease in recent days.

Vietnam's Health Ministry confirmed that a 40-year-old man fromnorthern Hai Duong province has died of bird flu on Wednesday, thecountry's 49th victim of the fatal disease. Some chickens have died around his house over the past few weeks, local media said.

Vietnam also reported that over 600 ducks raised by a householdin the central Quang Ngai province died from Feb. 11 to 13.

Vietnam has confirmed a total of 103 human cases of bird flu

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