Vietnam - Bird flu back with a vengence

Edited: This report can not be confirmed. The link does not go to OIE. OIE does have a report submitted on 8/17 for Gia Lai Province.

25 Aug 2010

The authorities sent an Immediate Notification dated 17 August to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).

The report describes six outbreaks (at two farms and four villages) of HPAI in four provinces of the country. In total, 6,525 birds were involved, of which 5,000 died and 1,525 were destroyed.

The presence of the H5N1 sub-type of the virus has been confirmed.