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Vietnam is experiencing a burst of bird flu outbreaks in ten provinces nationwide which have resulted in two deaths since January.
Roads leading into a village were by an outbreak last week in Ha Nam province on the outskirts of the capital, Hanoi, were covered in lime powder to help control the disease’s spread. One farm in the province had 2,400 ducks infected and subsequently culled last month.
| In this photo taken Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, a health worker wearing a protective gear
sprays disinfectant onto a car at a poultry inspection point near a suspected
outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus among ducks in Nhat Tan commune, Kim Bang
district, Ha Nam province, Vietnam. |
As awareness of the outbreak spreads, many farms have worked to improve their operations including setting up systems for detecting sick ducks and chickens. Ha Nam province recently ordered 1 million doses of vaccine - hoping it may still provide a little protection, despite some fears that it may no longer be effective.
Despite all this, doctor Babatunde Olowokure, an epidemiologist with the World Health Organisation in Vietnam, ruled out an epidemic at this stage.
| In this photo taken Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, a health worker wearing a protective gear
sprays disinfectant at a site of a suspected outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus
among ducks in Nhat Tan commune, Kim Bang district, Ha Nam province, Vietnam. |
| In this photo taken Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, ducks walk near an area where a suspected
outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus among ducks was reported in Nhat Tan commune, Kim
Bang district, Ha Nam province, Vietnam. |
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