# 1669
Via the Vietnam News Agency (Hat Tip Niman on Flutrackers) we get word of another confirmed human case of H5N1 bird flu infection, and of several other `suspect cases' where tests are pending.
The confirmed case is a 7-year-old from Hai Duong province, the same province that saw the death of a bird flu victim yesterday.
The exact number of additional suspect cases has not been released.
15/02/2008 -- 8:46 PM
Ha Noi (VNA) – A man from northern Ninh Binh province died of bird flu on February 14 in a Ha Noi hospital.
The death of the 27-year-old brings to four the number of fatalities from the H5N1 virus in Viet Nam out of the five cases tested positive for the virus since early 2008.
The fifth patient, a 7-year-old from northern Hai Duong province is under treatment at the Central Paediatric Hospital .
The National Institute of Infectious and Tropical Diseases is now treating several other patients having bird flu symptoms while waiting for the H5N1 virus test results from the Central Institute of Epidemiology.
The Ministry of Public Health has co-organised with relevant agencies to conduct detoxification measures and give Tamilflu to people in high-risk provinces including Hai Duong and Ninh Binh.-Enditem
