23 February 2010
A three-year-old girl in the central province of Khanh Hoa has tested positive for H5N1, becoming the country’s first avian influenza patient this year.
The girl, who lives in Ninh Hoa District’s Ninh Than Commune, fell sick on January 27.
She was admitted to Ninh Hoa Hospital the next day and was confirmed to be infected with the virus on February 12.
Vietnam last reported a human H5N1 case in December, a man from Dien Bien province who died in November.