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Vietnam toddler did not die
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HANOI (Reuters) - A three-year-old Vietnamese boy who died earlier this week had a lung infection, not the H5N1 bird flu virus as previously suspected, a doctor said on Thursday. The toddler from Hau Giang province died on Monday with symptoms pointing to bird flu infection but repeated tests showed he did not have that virus, said Cao Minh Chu, head of the Can Tho City Paediatric Hospital's Planning Deparment. |
Doctors said the country's current cold weather had caused more lung infections and regular flu cases but treatment procedures required doctors to report and test all flu patients for the avian influenza virus. The H5N1 virus, which has killed 71 people including 42 Vietnamese, still persists in 15 of the country's 64 cities and provinces, the Animal Health Department said in a report. |
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