A 38 year-old woman from An Thai Trung commune, Cai Be district of southern Tien Giang province, died of bird flu on Feb. 23, becoming the first victims of its kind in the country in 2010.
The Preventive Medicine and Environment Department of the Health Ministry announced the case on Feb. 26 and warned all the people to raise awareness of poultry raising and trafficking.
The victim was ill on Feb. 13 and took medicine at home before going to the communal medical station.
On Feb. 21, the patient became worse. She had a pain in her chest and had difficulty breathing. She was sent to the Dong Thap provincial hospital, but her condition worsened and died at 9 a.m. on Feb. 23.
On Feb. 23, the Ho Chi Minh City Pasteur Institute said that tests showed the woman was infected with type A/H5N1 bird flu virus. She had killed and cooked sick waterfowl./.
The Preventive Medicine and Environment Department of the Health Ministry announced the case on Feb. 26 and warned all the people to raise awareness of poultry raising and trafficking.
The victim was ill on Feb. 13 and took medicine at home before going to the communal medical station.
On Feb. 21, the patient became worse. She had a pain in her chest and had difficulty breathing. She was sent to the Dong Thap provincial hospital, but her condition worsened and died at 9 a.m. on Feb. 23.
On Feb. 23, the Ho Chi Minh City Pasteur Institute said that tests showed the woman was infected with type A/H5N1 bird flu virus. She had killed and cooked sick waterfowl./.
