HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam, fearing more outbreaks of deadly bird flu this winter, will begin stockpiling the anti-viral drug Tamiflu and boost monitoring at 800 hospitals nationwide, state media reported on Wednesday.
Two years after the initial outbreak of the H5N1 virus which has killed more people in Vietnam than anywhere else, Hanoi plans to import 600,000 tablets of the drug before winter when the virus seems to thrive best, the Vietnam News Agency said.
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