Bird flu kills again; Vietnam readies vaccine
July 30, 2005
The Associated Press
HANOI, Vietnam - Bird flu has killed two more people in Vietnam days before the country is to begin mass vaccinations of poultry, an official said Friday.
A 24-year-old man from Tra Vinh province died on Monday and a 26-year-old woman from Ho Chi Minh City died Wednesday, said Phan Van Tu, chief virologist at the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City.
He said both tested positive for the bird flu virus on Thursday, bringing the regional human death toll to 60.
The World Health Organization has officially reported 38 deaths in Vietnam. However, Vietnamese health officials have said a 72-year-old man from Hanoi died June 28. That death, along with the two others reported this week, have not yet been recorded by WHO. The organization does not update tolls until new deaths are officially confirmed by the Ministry of Health, a process that often takes weeks.
Next week, Vietnam is to begin a mass vaccination of chickens and ducks in two provinces to try to slow the spread of the virus, which has killed 41 people in the communist country since late 2003.
Vietnam hopes to extend the program to most other provinces by the end of the year.
The Associated Press
HANOI, Vietnam - Bird flu has killed two more people in Vietnam days before the country is to begin mass vaccinations of poultry, an official said Friday.
A 24-year-old man from Tra Vinh province died on Monday and a 26-year-old woman from Ho Chi Minh City died Wednesday, said Phan Van Tu, chief virologist at the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City.
He said both tested positive for the bird flu virus on Thursday, bringing the regional human death toll to 60.
The World Health Organization has officially reported 38 deaths in Vietnam. However, Vietnamese health officials have said a 72-year-old man from Hanoi died June 28. That death, along with the two others reported this week, have not yet been recorded by WHO. The organization does not update tolls until new deaths are officially confirmed by the Ministry of Health, a process that often takes weeks.
Next week, Vietnam is to begin a mass vaccination of chickens and ducks in two provinces to try to slow the spread of the virus, which has killed 41 people in the communist country since late 2003.
Vietnam hopes to extend the program to most other provinces by the end of the year.
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