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Curiously, when Vietnam reports the number of provinces with bird flu outbreaks, they leave off Quang Ninh Province where the latest human case was reported.
One must assume that they haven't reported any sick or dying poultry there.
Over the weekend, Hau Giang was added to the list, which already included the southern provinces of Ca Mau, Bac Lieu, Soc Trang, and Nghe An in central Vietnam.
Poultry Outbreaks in Green
Human Cases in Red
Which makes 5 provinces reporting outbreaks in poultry, plus 1 reporting a human infection.
This from DPA via M&C News.
Bird flu hits five provinces in Vietnam
Feb 9, 2009, 6:48 GMT
Hanoi - An outbreak of the H5N1 avian flu virus has spread to four provinces in southern Vietnam and one in the centre of the country, a government official said Monday.
Hoang Van Nam, deputy head of Vietnam's Animal Health Department, said thousands of fowl had been infected in the Mekong Delta provinces of Ca Mau, Bac Lieu, Soc Trang and Hau Giang.
A further outbreak was reported on a farm in the province of Nghe An in central Vietnam.
On one farm in Hau Giang province, 400 ducks found infected with the virus had not been vaccinated. Other cases involved ducks which had been vaccinated but contracted the disease before they had a chance to develop immunity.
Nam said despite government warnings, farmers were not strictly obeying regulations on preventing the spread of bird flu. He said some were throwing dead ducks in canals and rivers where their germs were likely to spread.
