Outbreaks of bird flu among fowls were detected from Feb. 16-18
Vietnam's northern provinces, raising the total number of its
localities hit by the disease to seven, local newspaper New Hanoi
reported Wednesday.
Over the past few days, bird flu has killed 90 fowls in Tuyen
Quang province's Ham Yen district, nearly 1,800 in Nam Dinh
province's Vu Ban district, and 640 in Hai Duong province's Thanh
Mien district.
Currently seven localities were hit by bird flu: Thai Nguyen,
Quang Ninh, Hai Duong, Nam Dinh and Tuyen Quang in the northern
region, central Quang Binh province, and northern Long An province,
according to the Department of Animal Health under the country's
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The department is urging localities nationwide to strengthen
anti-bird flu activities, and planning to import more bird flu
vaccines from China to keep on vaccinating poultry, the newspaper
said.
Bird flu outbreaks in Vietnam, starting in December 2003, have
killed and led to the forced culling of dozens of millions of fowls
in the country.
(Xinhua News Agency February 21, 2008)