• Death toll from swine flu reaches double figures

    23/09/2009 05:00

    An H1N1-positive woman has died in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre, increasing Vietnam’s fatalities from the global swine flu epidemic to ten, the Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday. The 59-year-old was admitted to Ben Tre’s...

  • Vientam swine flu death rate ‘acceptable’ for now: official

    Vientam swine flu death rate ‘acceptable’ for now: official

    22/09/2009 05:00

    A student has her temperature taken at a high school in HCMC Vietnam’s ratio of H1N1-related deaths to the infection tally is at “acceptable” levels at the moment, a health official has said....

  • Swine flu cases exceed 7,000 in Vietnam

    21/09/2009 05:00

    The number of people contracting swine flu in Vietnam passed the 7,000 mark on Monday when the Ministry of Health reported 198 new cases that day. Nine of the 7,156 patients have died, the latest two on the weekend in the central highlands...

  • Vietnam records two more H1N1-related deaths

    Vietnam records two more H1N1-related deaths

    20/09/2009 05:00

    Two swine flu patients died in Vietnam on the weekend, raising the country’s fatalities linked to the global epidemic to nine since it emerged in May. Nguyen Thi Thao was admitted...

  • US provides $450,000 for pandemic preparedness

    20/09/2009 05:00

    The US Thursday announced a grant of US$450,000 to Vietnam for implementing a new project to strengthen the role of civil society in combating influenza A/H1N1 and other threats. A US Embassy press release said the grant from the US Agency for...

  • Hanoi doctors separate twins

    20/09/2009 05:00

    Surgeons at the Central Children’s Hospital in Hanoi on Sunday separated four-day-old twins who shared a chest but whose heads were turned in opposite directions. The two girls, who shared no internal organs other than breastbone and...

  • Swine flu hits daily record at 299

    19/09/2009 05:00

    A record 299 cases of H1N1 infection cases were detected in the country on Saturday, the Ministry of Health said. Since the first case of swine flu detected in May, 6,478 H1N1-positive cases have been recorded nationwide. While 4,624 have...

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