Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Follow-Up On Vietnam

 

 

 

# 4493

 

 

For most of last week we saw continual reports out of Bac Kan province of numerous suspected bird flu cases, many of whom were hospitalized. 

 

Media reports stated that two – or possibly three – patients had tested positive for the H5N1 virus.

 

You’ll find earlier reports, filed last Friday, under Watching Vietnam and A Follow-Up To This Morning’s Vietnam Story.

 

Today local media reports that 8 patients have been discharged from the hospital after repeatedly testing negative for the virus, and that the remaining patients (number uncertain) are responding to treatment.


The story lists two positive cases.

 

What follows is a machine translation (hat tip Treyfish on FluTrackers) of an article that appears on Bac Kan Online.

 

As far as I can tell, we’ve not had any official confirmation from the Ministry of Health, and no report on the WHO website.  So . . . for the time being . . . we must treat these reports as tentative and unofficial.

 

8 patients with suspected influenza A (H5N1) at the district hospital treatment are discharged from hospital

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to date 11 / 4, Cho Moi district has two cases are positive for influenza A (H5N1) and 11 cases have expressed doubts as cough, fever, dyspnea, diarrhea. The remaining patients treated at the Medical Center district is going well.

 

After 1 week of treatment on 12 / 4 has 8 patient discharge. Qua Through treatment with 3 tests, the patients have tested negative for influenza A (H5N1), health status going well, no doubt the expression as: cough, fever, dyspnea .

 

Particularly the case of Nguyen Thi Thanh Thu patients - patients who have tested positive for influenza A (H5N1), was tested through the 2nd and 3rd have tested negative for influenza A (H5N1) .. Currently the patient is being continued monitoring and treatment in the future.

 

Also, in the commune health stations are having the same two cases expressed doubts have been treated, follow the regimen of health. /.