Two more A/H7N9 cases reported near Vietnam-China border
Two more cases of A/H7N9 bird flu infection in humans were reported in China’s Zhuang Autonomous Region, near Vietnam’s northern mountainous provinces of Cao Bang and Ha Giang, according to the regional health and family planning commission.
A patient with H7N9 bird flu infection treated in a Chinese hospital (Photo: AFP/VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Two more cases of A/H7N9 bird flu infection in humans werereported in China’s Zhuang Autonomous Region, near Vietnam’s northernmountainous provinces of Cao Bang and Ha Giang, according to the regional healthand family planning commission.
The two patientsfrom Baise and Wuzhou cities are in critical condition, the commission said.
Despite the new cases, China’s National Health and Family Planning Commissionsaid that the A/H7N9 epidemic in the country has been declining thanks toemergency measures.
A/H7N9 was first reported in humans in China in March 2013 and is most likelyto strike in winter and spring.
From February 24 to March 3, 2017, Chinarecorded 22 people infected with A/H7N9 virus, four of whom died.
Several Chinese provinces have shut down live poultry markets to prevent thespread of the avian flu after a surge in the number of infections.
Experts said the A/H7N9 virus could not be transmitted from human to human.They recommended people avoid contact with dead and live poultry and buypoultry products with quarantine certificates.-VNA
The northern province of Lai Chau, which borders China’s Yunnan province, is rolling out drastic measures to cope with high risks of avian flu spreading from China through some border gates and gateways.
Vietnam would place itself in a scenario in which human bird flu infections could has been detected so as to take drastic actions to prevent the intrusion of avian influenza viruses that are raging in China, said Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long.
Authorities of Hanoi are proactively controlling trade, transportation and slaughter of poultry in the city as the risk of H7N9 avian influenza outbreaks in animals and humans is high.
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Customs officers of the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang on March 5 seized nearly 1,000 breeding chickens and ducks that were being illegally smuggled into the country from China.
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A patient with H7N9 bird flu infection treated in a Chinese hospital (Photo: AFP/VNA) 
