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The detection of an H1N1 virus in turkeys in Chile raises concern that poultry farms elsewhere in the world could also become infected with the pandemic flu virus currently circulating in humans, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations said on Thursday. Handout image shows a worker processing turkeys a turkey plant [...]
The municipal Department of Health will carry out inspections of all pharmacies to check the pricing and quality of the and-viral drug Tamiflu next week, according to officials. The Ministry of Health said more than 20 additional A/H1N1 flu cases were reported on August 10, lifting the nation’s total to 1,178, with one fatality. (Photo: VNN) Pham [...]
Anyone having physical contact with influenza A (H1N1) patients must be closely monitored afterward, whether or not they have symptoms, the Ho Chi Minh City health authority told a press briefing Friday. Children wear protective masks at a kindergarten in Hanoi Friday The meeting was called amid rising number of flu patients throughout the country. [...]
The information about the discovery of the first flu outbreak at a school has worried management boards of many schools in Hanoi, who are considering delaying the opening of the new school year. The school that was the site of the wide-scale outbreak is Lomonosov High School in My Dinh new urban area. A male [...]
he New York City Health Department on Tuesday confirmed that two more people with H1N1 virus have died. Thomas Frieden, who was appointed by President Barack Obama to head the Centers for Disease Control, speaks about the H1N1 flu outbreak as New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg (L) listens, during a news conference in his role [...]