VIETNAM: First bird flu death in 12 months

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Updated June 19, 2007 20:19:19

Bird flu appears to be making a comeback with fresh reports of cases in Asia. A man died in Indonesia last week and the virus has shown up in birds in Burma and at a market in Hong Kong. And Vietnam announced its first human death from the H5N1 virus in more than a year - a 20-year-old man near the capital Hanoi.

Presenter: Sen Lam
Speakers: Jeff Gilbert senior technical advisor on Avian influenza, Food and Agriculture Organisation

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