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WHO warns of deadly bird flu, swine flu combo

WHO warns that with new H5N1 bird flu cases reported in poultry in Egypt, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, the risk of bird flu and the H1N1 pandemic swine flu virus mixing was heightened

  • A man is injected with an H1N1 flu vaccine in Suining, in southwest China's Sichuan province. China has detected eight people infected with mutated forms of the swine flu virus, a health official said.
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Hanoi: Vietnam's Ministry of Health says a man has died from bird flu, as the World Health Organization warns about the dangers of bird flu and swine flu combining.

The ministry said on its Web site Tuesday that the 23-year-old man died last week, and test results confirmed he was infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus. He had eaten duck blood pudding before falling sick.

Last week, the WHO warned that with new H5N1 bird flu cases reported in poultry in Egypt, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, the risk of bird flu and the H1N1 pandemic swine flu virus mixing was heightened.
 

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  1. Added 11:11 December 1, 2009

    i am concerned about my four year old son getting vaccinated against swine flu. i called soo many times to the 800358 number to know when the category for the children will be opened first they said after haj pligrims will go to hajj now even they Are coming back i called yesterday again the call centre agent very angrily responded saying that they dont know when the category will be opened i was surprised at it! my husband keeps a follows up at a medical centre where the nurse said they have the vaccination and are fully trained just waiting for the orders so my point is what are we waiting for?? waiting for the children to get infected with the virus???

    Sabeen Mansour, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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