Vietnam: Bird flu outbreak
Vietnam has announced the re-emergence of bird flu among its poultry after 6 months with no reported outbreaks of the H5N1 virus, the country’s animal health department said.
The infected poultry were reported in 9 farming households in the northern mountainous Dien Bien province on 21-23 October, reports state.
Animal health workers have slaughtered more than 2,200 poultry to contain the outbreak, it said.
Vietnam human bird flu death toll is 56, to date.
Source: AFP
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