Source: Xinhua
02-17-2009 14:42
Special Report: Tech MaxHANOI, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- A 32-year-old man from Vietnamese northern Ninh Binh Province has been tested positive to the H5N1 virus, an official from the Vietnamese Ministry of Health (MOH) told Xinhua on Monday.
The patient, named Cu Van Chieu, is the third bird flu patient in Vietnam this year, said the official with the Preventative Health Department under the MOH.
He was taken to hospital on Feb. 13 with severe breathing difficulty. He had contact with fowls before developing bird flu symptoms, said the official.
The patient is currently treated at Vietnam's National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology.
So far, seven provinces of Vietnam nationwide have been hit by the avian flu, including three provinces in Mekong Delta, namely Ca Mau, Soc Trang and Hau Giang, two northern provinces of newly-confirmed Bac Ninh and Quang Ninh, and two central provinces of Nghe An and the newly-confirmed Quang Tri, said the Department of Animal Health of Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The reemergence of bird flu has led to the culling of thousands of fowls in Vietnam this year.
Bird flu is spreading wide in Vietnam with complicated developments. The already-confirmed infected province Mekong Deltaof Soc Trang has reported more local poultry farms struck by bird flu, said the Vietnam News Agency on Monday.
Vietnam has reported three human cases of bird flu so far this year. They are an eight-year-old girl from northern Thanh Hoa province in early January, a 23-year-old woman Ly Tai Mui from northern Quang Ninh province in early February and the newly-confirmed man Cu Van Chieu.
The 23-year-old woman Ly Tai Mui has shown slow recovery as she is still suffering severe respiratory illnesses, according to a recent state-run news program by the Vietnam Television Station.
In 2008, bird flu killed five people in Vietnam.
Editor:Yang Jie
