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Vietnam confirms 2nd human case died of bird flu in 2009
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-02-27 10:38

HANOI -- A 32-year-old man from Vietnamese northern Ninh Binh province, who had been tested positive to H5N1 virus, died of the virus.

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The patient died on Wednesday after 13 days of being treated at the National Institute of Infectious and Tropical Disease, the local newspaper Pioneer reported Friday.

The patient, named Cu Van Chieu, was taken to hospital on February 13 with severe breathing difficulty. He had contact with fowls before developing bird flu symptoms. He is the third bird flu patient in Vietnam this year and the 2nd human case died of the H5N1 virus this year.