• Southern region’s major H1N1 testing center halts tests

    Southern region’s major H1N1 testing center halts tests

    01/10/2009 05:00

    Southern Vietnam’s main swine-flu testing facility suspended testing Thursday, said HCMC Health Department official Phan Van Nghiem, arguing that not much would change as tests could be performed...

  • 16-year-old teen is 16th swine flu fatality

    30/09/2009 05:00

    Dong Nai Province on Tuesday recorded the nation’s sixteenth death swine flu death as the epidemic spread to 58 of its 62 provinces and cities. The Ministry of Health reported Wednesday that the latest victim, a 16-year-old pregnant...

  • Pregnant woman in HCMC dies of swine flu

    29/09/2009 05:00

    The Health Ministry on Tuesday confirmed the 15th influenza A death in the country and the 13th in just one month. A 21-year-old woman, whose name has not been released, died Sunday at the Tu Du hospital in Ho Chi Minh City. She was 7.5...

  • Field hospital effective against flu; more requested

    Field hospital effective against flu; more requested

    28/09/2009 05:00

    People suspected of being infected by the A (H1N1) virus at a quarantine section in Ho Chi Minh City A swine flu field hospital set up in Ho Chi Minh City has proven immensely effective and the model should be...

  • Flu epidemic still under control in Vietnam, official says

    Flu epidemic still under control in Vietnam, official says

    27/09/2009 05:00

    A medical official checks the health of a student under quarantine at the Ngo Thoi Nhiem High School in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 9. The spread of the swine flu epidemic is still under control, Deputy...

  • Swine flu claims another life in HCMC

    24/09/2009 05:00

    A man infected with H1N1 died in Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday, just one day after Vietnam recorded its tenth death related to the flu, a representative from a local hospital told Thanh Nien. The 30-year-old patient from Binh Thanh District was...

  • Swine flu kills three more in Vietnam

    24/09/2009 05:00

    Vietnam reported three more influenza A deaths late Friday, raising the H1N1-related casualties in the country to 14, including one just a day earlier. The two deaths reported by the HCMC Health Department were a 13-year-old from the Mekong Delta...

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