Hanoi (AsiaNews/Agencies) - A 35-year-old woman died of bird flu in southern Vietnam, the country's fifth death from the virus in three weeks, officials said on Wednesday.
The woman from Tra Vinh province died on Tuesday after spending a week breathing with a respirator at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Ho Chi Minh City, said Huynh Thanh Liem, deputy director of Tra Vinh provincial Preventive Medicine Center.
Mr Liem said the woman developed high fever, coughing and lung failure four days after she was hired by a neighbour to slaughter sick ducks for sale. Some of the ducks were eaten by members of her family, but none showed signs of the disease, he added.
