WHO Epi Report

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Avian influenza - situation in Viet Nam - update 22

17 June 2005

The Ministry of Health in Viet Nam has today confirmed that between 1
to
17 June, 4 cases of human infection with H5N1 avian influenza were
reported. Two of the patients are from Hanoi and one is from the nearby
province of Hai Duong. The fourth patient is from the central province
of Nghe An.

All 4 of the patients are alive. At present, a total of 7 patients are
being treated for H5N1 avian influenza at a hospital in Hanoi.

These newly confirmed cases bring the total, in Viet Nam, since
mid-December 2004 to 59 cases, of which 18 were fatal.

Marburg haemorrhagic fever in Angola - update 22

17 June 2005

As of 16 June, the Ministry of Health in Angola has reported a total of
422 cases and 356 deaths in Uige Province.

Twenty-one contacts are being followed in Uige municipality and 111 in
other municipalities. Alerts to potential cases in difficult to reach
locations outside of Uige municipality have been received and plans are
underway for the team to travel by helicopter to investigate these
cases.

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