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Commonground, newshound extraordinaire – editor of Pandemic Information News and a frequent contributor to FluTrackers - has amassed an amazing number of bird flu and infectious disease reports out of Vietnam this morning.
It appears that with the arrival of cooler weather, bird flu is heating up in that country. Thus far, we are only hearing about affected poultry.
Human H5N1 infections, if they are occurring, have not been recently announced. As of December 30th, Vietnam has reported 112 confirmed cases of H5N1 infection, and 57 deaths.
A brief listing, therefore, of some of these reports (follow the links), and a big hat tip to Commonground for her work finding, translating, and posting these reports.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Vietnam: Rpt Quang Ninh - avian influenza in wards Hai Yen (Ho Mong Cai) and Le Hong Phong commune (Dong Trieu).
Strengthening monitoring, control transport, trade livestock and poultry in the province
(January 23, 2010)
Currently the province has appeared Service foot and mouth disease and avian influenza in wards Hai Yen (Ho Mong Cai) and Le Hong Phong commune (Dong Trieu).
Vietnam: City: Children with diarrhea, respiratory, meningitis increased due to weather
Saturday, January 23, 2010 14:01
Weather variations cause uneven number of children infected respiratory, digestive, meningitis increased, leading to overload in 2 Children's Hospital and a Children 2.
Vietnam -Quang Binh: Dozens of children hospitalized Ruc
Saturday, January 23, 2010 10:21
Quang Binh Department of Health said in the past week up to 20 children under 6 years of age in the Ruc (Upper Hoa - Minh Hoa) to the Emergency Hospital in Minh Hoa for acute respiratory tract.
As doctors treated in hospital, many patients entering hospital are clinical symptoms such as cough, fever, vomiting oe, declining health.
Vietnam: Thai Nguyen: Identify dead chickens in full stream
14:42 January 22, 2010
During the past month, tens of thousands of sick chickens died in Pho Yen (Thai Nguyen) was dump in sacks, bags and spiritual nilong down stream. Everyone knows, only government agencies and animal health as not ... see.
Vietnam: Expeditiously implement prevention of avian influenza and foot and mouth diseaseJanuary 22, 2010, 19:41 (GMT +7)
Implementation of power of 02/CD-BNN-TY the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has a focus on implementing the prevention of avian influenza and foot and mouth disease of cattle before and after Tet Geng Dan. PPC will dispatch direct people's committees of districts, towns and urgently implement the prevention and fight against bird flu and foot and mouth disease of cattle before and after Tet Canh Dan according to the contents required in the power of .
A few additional headlines include:
Vietnam: H5N1 Poultry Outbreak - Dien Bien
Vietnam: New crackdown on livestock for table Vietnam: 1,400 poultry culled in Dien Bien (conf. human case 11/30/09)
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