The ministry has additionally requested the officers to extend surveillance to detect new circumstances.

A 21-year-old scholar in Vietnam tragically grew to become the primary individual within the nation to die from avian influenza, or fowl flu. The Ministry of Well being confirmed the scholar, enrolled at Nha Trang College, succumbed to the H5N1 subtype of the virus on March twenty third.

This loss of life has prompted well being officers to induce stricter controls to forestall fowl flu transmission to people. Whereas the investigation discovered no indicators of sick or useless poultry close to the scholar’s residence, wild birds have been reportedly trapped within the neighborhood across the Lunar New 12 months vacation. Chook flu outbreaks have been documented in a number of Vietnamese provinces since January.

The Well being Ministry expressed concern that altering climate patterns, introduced on by shifting seasons, might create beneficial circumstances for the virus to unfold. To deal with this danger, they’ve referred to as for heightened surveillance to establish any potential new circumstances.

In accordance with an announcement translated and posted by Avian Flu Diary, an infectious illness information weblog, a male affected person, 21 years outdated, resides in Tan Ninh village, Ninh Trung commune, Ninh Hoa city, Khanh Hoa province. On March 11, 2024, the affected person developed signs of fever and cough and self-treated, however the signs didn’t enhance. The affected person got here for examination and therapy at Ninh Hoa Medical Centre on March 16-17, 2024, after which was transferred to Khanh Hoa Basic Hospital for therapy with a analysis of pneumonia.”

“On March 19, 2024, the Khanh Hoa Centre for Illness Management took affected person samples for testing. In accordance with check outcomes on March 20, 2024, the affected person was constructive for influenza A/H5, and affirmation outcomes from Nha Trang Pasteur Institute on March 22, 2024, decided that the affected person was constructive for influenza A (H5N1). As a result of critical development of the illness, the affected person died on March 23, 2024,” as per the assertion.