Bird flu death in Vietnam

Last Updated: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:24:00 +1100

There has been another death from bird flu in Vietnam, the second this year.

Hanoi's Tropical Diseases Institute says the new victim is a man aged 32 who tested positive for the H5-N1 strain of the virus.

A woman aged 23 died earlier this month.

Vietnam has the world's second highest bird flu death toll after Indonesia, with 54 deaths.

According to the latest Animal Health Department report, 11 of 63 provinces across Vietnam have been hit with the H5-N1 strain.

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