Vietnam confirms bird flu kills young child-radio
HANOI, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Vietnam's Health Ministry has confirmed that bird flu virus killed a four-year-old child in the country's north, the country's first human case in nearly five months, state-run radio said on Thursday.
The H5N1 virus was found in the samples taken from the child who died in a Hanoi hospital from high fever and serious pneumonia, the Voice of Vietnam radio quoted a ministry statement as saying.
It did not give the gender, but said the child had eaten chicken which died of unknown cause before falling sick. (Reporting by Ho Binh Minh; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani)
The H5N1 virus was found in the samples taken from the child who died in a Hanoi hospital from high fever and serious pneumonia, the Voice of Vietnam radio quoted a ministry statement as saying.
It did not give the gender, but said the child had eaten chicken which died of unknown cause before falling sick. (Reporting by Ho Binh Minh; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani)
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