Thursday, March 29, 2012

Vietnam: Only flu vaccinated poultry in 13 provinces in Mekong Delta #H5N1 #bird flu

TT - Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has sent dispatches to the Prime Minister to ask for guidance about avian influenza vaccination in 2012.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the results identify the H5N1 influenza virus strains circulating in VN in 2011-2012 showed that influenza virus circulating in the Mekong delta region mostly branch 1.1. With these strains, H5N1 vaccines-Re 5 is still highly effective.

From this fact, after consulting with scientists of the Food and Agriculture Organization and United Nations Agency for International Development U.S. Department of Agriculture and Rural Development continues to request the Prime Minister to halt vaccine in northern, central, central highlands. The H5N1 vaccine-Re5 only deployed in 13 provinces in the Mekong Delta.

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