Vietnam reports two more bird flu-hit provinces

HANOI, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Bird flu has recently stricken poultry in the two northern provinces of Phu Tho and Ha Nam, raising the total number of affected localities in Vietnam to nine.

The disease has killed 124 fowls Cam Khe district of Phu Tho, and Duy Tien district of Ha Nam, whose specimens have been tested positive to bird flu virus strain H5N1, the Young People newspaper reported Monday.

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