VietNam
News (excerpts): The ministries of Agriculture and Rural Development
and Health have warned of a possible large scale outbreak of bird flu in
the near future. Viet Nam News reporters Thu Hien and Thanh Hai talked
to experts about the main causes of the disease's resurgence and prompt
measures to prevent its spread.
Dr. Santanu K. Bandyopadhyay,
Team Leader Avian Influenza Program, Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations (FAO) in Viet Nam: In northern Viet Nam and parts
of central Viet Nam, we have seen the emergence of a new strain of the
bird flu virus since the beginning of 2011. This particular virus is
not adequately protected by the currently available vaccines for
poultry. Due to the complexity of this viris strain, the government has
halted the mass vaccination of poultry since the summer of last year.
So there is now a large number of vulnerable populations not immune to
the disease.
Dr. Graham Harrison, Acting WHO representative:
Viet Nam is considered to be endemically infected with H5N1, with
outbreaks detected in a number of provinces across the country. H5N1
viruses will likely continue to persist and be a concern for Viet Nam
and more widely pose a threat to the poultry industries and remain a
potential source of pandemic human influenza.
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