Bird flu or Avian flu, also avian influenza, bird influenza, means flu from viruses adapted to birds, but is sometimes mistakenly used to refer to both other flu subsets such as H5N1 flu or the viruses that cause them such as H5N1.

Vietnam's bird flu spreading

Bird Flu :: Vietnam's bird flu spreading

Vietnam government reported that H5N1 bird flu is spreading and spread of avian bird flu virus has reached to Vietnam's largest urban area of Ho Chi Minh City. 20 chickens were found dead on a farm in Vinh Long province confirmed the presence of the virus.

The farm is 137 km (85 miles) southwest of the city of about eight million people. Officials have confirmed outbreaks of the virus in ducks and chickens in four Mekong delta provinces further southwest of Ho Chi Minh City, where market inspectors have restricted the movement and selling of poultry. Agriculture officials have warned the country's 84 million people that the virus could spread nationwide via migrating birds.

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