Latest Outbreak of Bird Flu Kills 3 People
Bird flu has killed three people in Vietnam, the first deaths reported among humans from the disease since outbreaks in Asia early this year killed 24 people and forced the slaughter of millions of birds.
The three died between Aug. 2 and Aug. 6. Two children, ages 4 and 1, died in Ha Tay province about 30 miles west of Hanoi, and a 25-year-old woman died in the southern province of Hau Giang in the Mekong Delta, about 110 miles south of Ho Chi Minh City, said Trinh Quan Huan, a Health Ministry official.
No details were available about how the victims were infected.
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