Vietnam confims 3 fatal case of Birdflu in 2009
Thursday, 19. March 2009, 11:07:43
The 3 years old boy Tran Cong P. died in Tropical Hospital of Ho Chi Minh city this afternoon after 3 days of treatment.
Tran Cong P was hospitalized on Mar 16 with symptoms such as high fever, severe respiration problems. Doctors tests show his result positive with deathly virus strain H5N1.
The victim is from Dong Thap province in Mekong delta. Previously, he was brought to provincial hospital on Mar 13 with high temperature record.
Investigation showed P ate chicken at home on Mar 12. "His father cooked the death chicken", Tien Phong newspaper quoted Deputy Director of Agriculture and rural development in Dong Thap province as saying.
Tran Cong P is the third victim of bird flu in Vietnam this year, and the first fatal case from the South of Vietnam. P is the 55 fatal case among bird-flu patient in Vietnam up to date./.
Tran Cong P was hospitalized on Mar 16 with symptoms such as high fever, severe respiration problems. Doctors tests show his result positive with deathly virus strain H5N1.
The victim is from Dong Thap province in Mekong delta. Previously, he was brought to provincial hospital on Mar 13 with high temperature record.
Investigation showed P ate chicken at home on Mar 12. "His father cooked the death chicken", Tien Phong newspaper quoted Deputy Director of Agriculture and rural development in Dong Thap province as saying.
Tran Cong P is the third victim of bird flu in Vietnam this year, and the first fatal case from the South of Vietnam. P is the 55 fatal case among bird-flu patient in Vietnam up to date./.
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