Vietnam faces high risk of animal-to-human disease infection; death from rabies and avian influenza reported this year


HANOI (Bernama-Xinhua): Vietnam faces a high risk of animal-to-human disease infection with 27 deaths from rabies and one death from avian influenza since early this year, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien this week.

The situation has posed a warning over the complicated development of diseases in Vietnam this year, he said at a conference on strengthening prevention and control of zoonotic diseases, reported Xinhua.

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