Vietnam still free from influenza A (H1 N1)

The Bureau of Preventive Health and Environment on Wednesday confirmed there has been no case of influenza A (H1N1), also known as swine flu, found in Vietnam.

The HCMC Health Department reported Wednesday five suspected people have tested negative for the virus. The passengers, including a South Korean, shared the flight OZ271 from the US to Vietnam that transited in South Korea, where a Vietnamese national, identified only as L.T.B, was quarantined after testing positive for the virus. Officials at the city’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport Wednesday found and quarantined three passengers arriving with high temperatures, including an Australian child and two Vietnamese citizens from Malaysia and Taiwan. Source: Thanh Nien