Fifth person dead from A/H5N1 flu

The Head of the Preventive Health and Environment Agency under the Health Ministry of February 25 confirmed the fifth death from A/H5N1 flu in Vietnam so far this year.

The fifth victim is a 23 year old woman from Cam Khe District in the northern province of Phu Tho, who saw the first symptoms of bird flu on February 14 and was hospitalised to a local hospital on February 19. The patient was transferred to the Central Hospital for Infectious and Tropical Diseases in Hanoi of February 21.

Tests conducted by the Central Hospital for Infectious and Tropical Diseases show that the patient caught type A/H5N1 flu. The patient died on February 25.

Dr. Nguyen Huy Nga, Head of the Preventive Health and Environment Agency, said there were dead poultry around the patient’s house and the patient’s family slaughtered some dead chickens.

(Source: Tien Phong)