A man from Vietnam's northern Ninh Binh province has been tested positive to bird flu virus strain H5N1, raising the total number of bird flu patients in the country since December 2003 to 104, Central Vietnam Television reported Thursday.
The 27-year-old man named Hoang Van Doan, admitted to the Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi capital on Feb. 12, currently needs respirator assistance. He slaughtered chickens for meal on Feb. 5.
Vietnam's Health Ministry confirmed a 40-year-old man from northern Hai Duong province, who died on Tuesday after four days of treatment in the capital city, was infected with H5N1. The man slaughtered two dead chickens for meal before exhibiting bird flu symptoms early this month. He was hospitalized on Feb. 8 when his lung and kidneys were damaged.
Late last month the ministry confirmed that a 32-year-old man named Tran Van Dong from northern Tuyen Quang province died from bird flu on Jan. 18. He slaughtered and ate dead fowls raised by his family for meal.
In late December 2007, after detecting no human cases of bird flu infections for nearly four months, the ministry confirmed that a four-year-old boy from northern Son La province died from bird flu on Dec. 16, 2007.
To date, Vietnam has confirmed a total of 104 human cases of bird flu infections, including 49 fatalities, since the disease started to hit the country in December 2003.
Vietnam currently has two localities having poultry being hit by bird flu: northern Thai Nguyen and central Quang Binh province, according to the Department of Animal Health under the country's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Bird flu outbreaks in Vietnam have killed and led to the forced culling of dozens of millions of fowls in the country, the department said.
Source: Xinhua
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