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 Topic: Vietnam prepares against potential bird flu outbrePosted: October 23 2006 at 1:10am |
Vietnam prepares against potential bird flu outbreaks among humanVietnam is actively preparing human forces, health equipment and medicines to combat potential bird flu outbreaks among people, the local newspaper Youth reported Monday. The country has prepared 1 million tablets of anti-bird flu medicine Tamiflu, 1,000 respirators, 100 tons of disinfection chemical Chloramin B, and hundreds of thousands of gloves and masks. Last week, Vietnam carried out a rehearsal on combating potential bird flu outbreaks among humans in the capital city of Hanoi. The Vietnamese Health Ministry said on Monday that the country has seen no new human cases of bird flu infections since mid- November 2005. Vietnam has confirmed 93 cases, including 42 fatalities, in 32 cities and provinces since December 2003. |
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