Vietnam declares end to bird flu epidemic

Vietnam has declared it has stamped out the bird flu epidemic that killed 16 people in the country and wiped out millions of …

Vietnam has declared it has stamped out the bird flu epidemic that killed 16 people in the country and wiped out millions of poultry following more than one month of no new outbreaks.

The virus also killed eight people in neighbouring Thailand, which has not called an end to the H5N1 virus yet.

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