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Update news H7N9 virus
The Prime Minister and ministries of Health and Agriculture and Rural Development are calling for intensive measures to curb the trafficking, trade and consumption of unknown poultry, especially birds smuggled from China,
A new strain of bird flu that can infect and kill animals has been discovered in chickens in poultry markets in China, according to a new study published on Wednesday in the journal Nature.
Some of the world's leading flu researchers on Wednesday proposed to make potentially risky experiments with the H7N9 avian influenza virus, saying it "is necessary and should be done" to fully assess the virus' potential risk.
VietNamNet Bridge – Over 1,200 samples of smuggled poultry have been tested negative for the deadly strain of H7N9 bird flu virus, the Department of Animal Health has confirmed.
VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam had not recorded a case of avian influenza A (H7N9) virus among humans or animals so far, said Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long yesterday, April 23.
During the 24-hour period ending at 4 p.m. on Sunday, China confirmed six new cases of human H7N9 avian influenza, including five in Zhejiang and one in Jiangsu.
No positive samples of the H7N9 virus have been found in pigs or farms in China so far, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Tuesday.