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The bird flu is spreading through Vietnam at an alarming rate
The bird flu is spreading through Vietnam at a startling rate, with 232 communes in 23 cities reporting cases of influenza strain H5N1. This is after only 25 communes reported cases of bird flu on January 7. This may indicate that poultry in neighboring countries are highly infected, though Thailand is only reporting a modest increase in bird flu reports.


The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development reported on Saturday that bird flu has spread to 232 communes in 23 cities and provinces nationwide, with more than 500,000 chickens, ducks and quails being culled.
After Hanoi and Ha Nam, Hai Duong is the third locality in the northern region to be affected by bird flu, with the latest outbreaks detected on Saturday morning.
The Mekong Delta still has the highest outbreaks so far.<<
The spread of bird flu in Vietnam continues to accelerate.
The number of communes affected was reported as 25 on Jan 7.
The same type of increase was seen for poultry killed or culled this month.
These dramatic increases in Vietnam suggest more poultry infections in neighboring countries.
Thailand has reported modest increases this year.
There have been no recent reports out of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Indonesia, or China.