#1519
Yesterday it was a `suspected case', today, according to multiple media sources, Vietnamese officials have confirmed the man died from the H5N1 Virus.
This from Japan Today.
Man dies of bird flu in Vietnam
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 at 15:30 EST
HANOI — A man in northern Vietnam died of bird flu last week, marking the country's first human case to be reported this year, health officials said Wednesday.
Health officials in Tuyen Quang Province said the 32-year-old man died last Friday, two days after being rushed to a special hospital in Hanoi that handles bird flu cases
Meanwhile, new reports of H5N1 in ducks and fowl in Vietnam. This report from Xinhua News.
Vietnam reports more bird flu outbreaks
2008-01-23 12:58:18
HANOI, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Over 1,000 ducks in Vietnam's central Quang Binh province and six fowls in northern Tuyen Quang province have died over the past few days, and their specimens have been tested positive to bird flu virus strain H5N1, local media reported Wednesday.
Among a flock of 1,700 ducks raised by a household in Quang Binh's Le Thuy district, 1,030 died, and they were infected withH5N1 according to tests of a local veterinary center, Pioneer newspaper said.
Two chickens and four white-winged ducks raised by a household in Tuyen Quang's Son Duong district died from bird flu infections, New Hanoi newspaper said.
On Jan. 22, the Department of Animal Health under the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development confirmed that the country currently has three localities being hit by bird flu, namely, southern Tra Vinh province and the two northern provinces of Thai Nguyen and Tuyen Quang. It has yet to confirm the bird flu outbreak in Quang Binh.
Bird flu outbreaks in Vietnam, starting in December 2003, have killed and led to the forced culling of dozens of millions of fowls in the country.
