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After almost a month in the hospital, the first of the two confirmed cases of human H5N1 infection was released to go home. The second patient, also admitted late last month, remains hospitalized.
Worldwide, only about 40% of those people infected have managed to recover, and most required weeks, sometimes months, in the hospital.
Businesses that are planning around employee's being out for a `week or so' with the flu during a pandemic might be wise to reconsider that timeframe.
Vietnam bird flu patient recovers, more poultry outbreaks likely
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- Vietnam's first bird flu patient in 18 months has fully recovered, but more outbreaks among poultry are likely nationwide, officials and state-controlled media reported Tuesday.
The 30-year-old man from northern Vinh Phuc province was discharged from Bach Mai hospital Monday where he had been treated for nearly a month, said hospital director Tran Thuy Hanh.
A second bird flu victim who was hospitalized in late May is still being treated at the Hospital of Tropical Diseases.
Agriculture Minister Cao Duc Phat warned that more outbreaks could occur among poultry. Sixteen provinces have been hit since early May, killing or forcing the slaughter of more than 100,000 birds, Tuesday's Saigon Giai Phong (Liberated Saigon) newspaper reported.
Phat blamed the latest outbreaks on virus-carrying waterfowl and the local authorities' failure to fight it aggressively, it said.
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