VietNamNet – By June 26, the Ministry of Health (MoH) was still waiting to hear from the World Health Organisation (WHO) on transmission of H5N1 virus from human to human.

Dr. Nguyen Van Binh, Deputy Head of MoH’s Preventive Health Department, said that today, June 27, the agency would meet with WHO specialists.

Mr Binh said that one month ago, the WHO mentioned the issue when a family of eight in north Sumatra, Indonesia, died.

MoH said that there is yet no transmission of H5N1 from human to human in Vietnam, but in some families,  two to three members had fallen ill.

Mr Binh told the people to not worry that the virus had undergone sudden mutations because that would not necessarily mean transmission from human to human.

(Source: Tien Phong)