Bird flu spreads to 13th Vietnam province

Article title: Bird flu spreads to 13th Vietnam province
Source: Hanoi, Vietnam (AP)
Journal: Online The China Post
Published: Friday, 1st June 2007
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Bird flu has spread to 13 Vietnam provinces, a government official said Friday. It killed about 300 unvaccinated ducks on a farm in Quang Nam province, and tests confirmed they were infected with the deadly H5N1 virus stain. Quang Nam Department of Animal Health have destroyed remaining 400 ducks and disinfected there. Poultry outbreaks were not reported in 2006, but the virus flared again early this year. People are difficult to catch the H5N1 virus but it can mutate into a form to spread easily among people.