Two more bird flu deaths in Vietnam
Health authorities in Vietnam have reported the deaths of two more people from bird flu.
A total of 41 people have now died from the deadly H5N1 strain of virus in Vietnam since the epidemic began in 2003.
A 24-year-old man is said to have died on Monday in a hospital in Tra Vinh province, while a 26-year-old woman from Ho Chi Minh City died on Wednesday in one of the southern city's main hospitals.
Doctors say both had tested positive to the H5N1 virus.
Humans can catch bird flu through close contact with live birds who are themselves infected.
To combat the virus, the Vietnamese government has decided to vaccinate its poultry nationwide.
It has already bought 20 million out of 414 million doses of vaccine to begin inoculating poultry early next month.
The virus has also spread to other parts of Asia, killing 12 Thais, four Cambodians and three Indonesians since December 2003.
A total of 41 people have now died from the deadly H5N1 strain of virus in Vietnam since the epidemic began in 2003.
A 24-year-old man is said to have died on Monday in a hospital in Tra Vinh province, while a 26-year-old woman from Ho Chi Minh City died on Wednesday in one of the southern city's main hospitals.
Doctors say both had tested positive to the H5N1 virus.
Humans can catch bird flu through close contact with live birds who are themselves infected.
To combat the virus, the Vietnamese government has decided to vaccinate its poultry nationwide.
It has already bought 20 million out of 414 million doses of vaccine to begin inoculating poultry early next month.
The virus has also spread to other parts of Asia, killing 12 Thais, four Cambodians and three Indonesians since December 2003.
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