# 1711
At its peak in June of last year, 18 provinces in Vietnam were battling bird flu outbreaks. Gradually, over the summer and fall, those regions managed to control, at least temporarily, the outbreaks.
By the end of the year, only 1 or 2 provinces were reporting bird flu.
Once again, the number of infected provinces is on the rise. As of today 7 (some sources say 8) Vietnamese provinces have reported the H5N1 virus since the first of the year.
So far, we've heard no new word about the `several suspected human cases' - mentioned in local newspapers last week.
Vietnam reports another bird flu-hit province
Monday, February 25, 2008
Bird flu was found in poultry in the northern Vietnamese province of Ninh Binh, the seventh province to report outbreaks this year, the Animal Health Department said Sunday.
The outbreak began on Feb. 18 in Ninh Binh's Yen Khanh district, killing over 330 poultry fowl by a household, said Youth newspaper.
The other provinces where outbreaks were reported are Thai Nguyen, Quang Ninh, Hai Duong, Nam Dinh and Tuyen Quang in the northern region, and southern Long An province.
The Vietnamese government has assigned the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to be in charge of importing some 250 million doses of bird flu vaccines soon.
