Monday, November 30, 2009

Vietnam: Bird Flu (H5N1) Death

Patients age 23, in ward Sam Min, the city of Dien Bien, had eaten more duck soup for about a week before has the disease. Especially as the H5N1 ca 5 this year are fatal.

Notified by the Department of Preventive Health and Environment (Ministry of Health), patients starting on November 18 patients with sudden high fever, cough, shortness of breath. However, six days after the last patient visit at the medical ward station, then transferred to the Clinic The area of Phu on November 25.

A day later, he continued to be transferred to Hospital Dien Bien province and was diagnosed with severe pneumonia monitor viral, antibiotic treatment, transmission service, antipyretic. Patients to proceed more severe and the patient died on November 28.

As of 29/11, Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology central results of patients tested positive for H5N1 virus.

This is the first fatality recorded by H5N1 in Dien Bien province since this local message with avian influenza in Do Luong commune and Yen Thanh, Dien Bien on October 21.

So, after nearly seven months since the ca H5N1 4th death in Thanh Hoa in late April, Vietnam recorded a new cases of H5N1. Especially, all five ca H5N1 this year are fatal. Apart from the two localities, Quang Ninh, Ninh Binh, Dong Thap province has recorded the ca H5N1 infected.

Department of Preventive Health and Environment strongly recommends people successful implementation of preventive measures such as detecting birds sick or dead absolutely not slaughter and use that to immediately notify local authorities timely processing, ensuring food cooked, boiled drinking, washing hands with soap before eating and after using the toilet ...

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