09.03.2011

Vietnam's agriculture ministry yesterday reported two H5N1 avian influenza outbreaks, one at farm in Ha Nam province and the other at a village in Quang Ninh province. Both are in northern Vietnam.  In the first outbreak, which began on Feb 27, the virus killed 74 of the farm's 90 birds. The remaining ones were destroyed. In the village in Quang Ninh, the virus killed 1,200 of 2,000 susceptible birds starting on Feb 12, and 800 more were culled to control the spread of the virus.