ASIA/VIETNAM - Bird influenza: 70% of infected humans die: 19 dead

Monday, 9 February 2004

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Rome (Fides Service) – Bird flu continues to kill. 70% of human beings infected have died. A 27 year old man in Binh Phuoc province of Vietnam was the latest victim. His death brings to total of human deaths for bird flu to 19. The virus has been found in 64 provinces of Vietnam and it has killed 14 people. In Thailand, the other country affected by the virus, 5 people have died. Now 14 of China’s 31 provinces are affected and the number of suspect cases has risen to 38. But in China there have been no confirmed cases of infection of humans from birds.
(AP (9/2/2004 Fides; Righe:11 Parole:120)