HANOI, Vietnam – The second death from bird flu in nearly a month was confirmed by Vietnamese authorities on Thursday.
The director of the Health Department in sourthern Soc Trang province reported a 26-year-old woman died of the disease Jan. 28 after being hospitalized in the provincial hospital three days earlier.
Truong Hoai Phong says the woman, who recently had a baby in another hospital, had slaughtered and eaten dead chickens the family raised. He says dead and sick poultry were reported in the woman’s neighborhood.