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Article: Vietnam reports no new bird flu human cases
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- September 16, 2005
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Vietnam reports no new bird flu human cases
HANOI, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam has not detected any local
people contracting bird flu virus strain H5N1 since Sept. 1,
according to local newspaper Saigon Liberation on Friday.
"Now, no bird flu patient is under treatment at hospitals
nationwide," the paper quoted Deputy Health Minister Trinh Quan Huan
as saying.
To prevent new bird flu outbreaks, Vietnam started bird flu
vaccination among fowls in 33 out of 64 cities and provinces on
Thursday. The government urged relevant ministries to rapidly cull
infected fowls, isolate bird flu outbreaks, and forbid the transport
of poultry as well as poultry products out of affected areas, if the ...