Avian influenza A(H5N1) - update 27: Situation (human) in Viet Nam

19 February 2004

Situation (human) in Viet Nam

Further details are now available for Viet Nam’s 22nd case of H5N1 infection, which was confirmed yesterday. The case was a three-year-old boy from Lam Dong Province. His death, announced yesterday, is the country’s 15th fatality.