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Localities were asked to take samples to offer timelywarnings and effectively use vaccines against the flu.

Chairs of the municipal and provincial People’s Committeesmust direct units of the National Steering Committee against Smuggling, TradeFrauds and Counterfeits to promptly discover and strictly deal with illegaltransportation of animals and their products, especially fowls from abroad.

The Department of Animal Health was assigned to hold tripsto localities to inspect the implementation of the measures, and actively workwith international organisations to share experience in the effort.

According to the World Organisation for Animal Health , avianflu outbreak has hit 11 countries and territories since January. 

Among nearly 4,000 samples taken from over 19,830 heads ofpoultry in 26 Vietnam’s cities and provinces, 37.72 percent are tested positiveto avian flu, 1.19 percent of them positive to A/H5N1 and 1.82 percent positiveto A/H5N6 viruses./. VNA