- Title: VIETNAM: WHO SAYS HOPE TO HAVE HUMAN VACCINE FOR BIRD FLU BY EARLY NEXT YEAR
- Date: 23rd February 2005
- Summary: (BN11) HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM (FEBRUARY 23) (REUTERS) 1. CU FLAGS FLUTTERING 0.04 2. SLV VARIOUS OF DELEGATES AT BIRD FLU CONFERENCE 0.09 3. MCU (English) HANS TROEDSSON, WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION REPRESENTATIVE FOR VIETNAM SAYING: "There has been a positive development on the vaccine (human). There are going to be clinical trials in some countries and if everything goes well there might be a possibility of having a vaccine available even this year or early next year." 0.28 (BN11) HANOI, VIETNAM (FILE) (REUTERS) 4. CU WOMAN TAKING CHICKEN AND PUTTING IT INTO BAG FOR DISPOSAL (2 SHOTS) 0.38 (BN11) HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM (FEBRUARY 23) (REUTERS) 5. MCU (English) TROEDSSON SAYING: "Yes I think it's a big difference compared to one year ago. One year ago, we didn't know as much as we do today and I think the response by the Vietnamese government is very satisfactory- they are taking it very seriously and there is commitment at a very high level, up to the prime minister." 0.59 (BN11) HANOI, VIETNAM (RECENT) (REUTERS) 6. SV OF WOMAN CARRYING DEAD CHICKENS 1.08 7. SLV OF WOMEN CLEANING RAW CHICKENS SUPERVISED BY VIETNAM OFFICIALS 1.12 (BN11) HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM (FEBRUARY 24, 2005) (REUTERS) 8. MCU (English) TROEDSSON SAYING: "I think there is a commitment in the international community among donors to support countries like Vietnam, like Thailand who are struggling in these issues. I'm also optimistic that the international community donors will stand up and provide both technical and financial support." 1.33 (BN11) HANOI, VIETNAM (RECENT) (REUTERS) 9. VARIOUS OF DUCKS (3 SHOTS) 1.46 (BN11) HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM (FEBRUARY 24, 2005) (REUTERS) 10. MCU (English) TROEDSSON SAYING: "We also advice the government to prepare a so called national avian influenza pandemic preparedness plan. If it would be so unfortunate that we could not prevent a pandemic to happen, countries, all countries in the world, including Vietnam and Thailand need to have a preparedness plan as how to address the very serious situation that would occur." 2.14 11. PAN EXTERIOR OF CHICKEN/DUCK RICE RESTAURANT 2.22 12. CU OF BOILED CHICKENS (2 SHOTS) 2.30 13. SV/CU MAN CHOPPING CHICKEN (2 SHOTS) 2.37 14. CU CHOPPED CHICKEN ON PLATE 2.40 15. SV OF GROUP PEOPLE ENJOYING CHICKEN AND RICE MEAL 2.45 16. CLOSE UP OF MAN DIPPING CHICKEN INTO SAUCE 2.47 17. SV OF PEOPLE EATING CHICKEN 2.53 18. MCU (English), CHAN QUOC DOAN, HO CHI MINH CITY RESIDENT SAYING: "Last year I was (scared of eating chicken)-- when the flu first came on and they took extreme measures in terms of just wiping out chicken from the diet in Vietnam for the longest time and we waited until it went away and we were declared free. The WHO said we're the first country off the list, and so we finally started eating chicken again and that was being denied for a long time and so we started eating again and so we're happy." 3.18 19. SLV OF PEOPLE EATING IN RESTAURANT (2 SHOTS) 3.26 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: HANOI AND HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM
- Country: Vietnam
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- Story Text: WHO says hope to have human vaccine for bird flu by early next year
WHO representative in Vietnam, Hans Trodesson, said in Ho Chi Minh
CIty on Thursday (February 24, 2005) that he believed there would be a human vaccine
against bird flu by early next year.
"There has been a positive development on the vaccine (human).
There are going to be clinical trials in some countries and if everything goes
well there might be a possibility of having a vaccine available even this year
or early next year," he told a Reuters TV.
But he said the virus, which experts fear could mutate into a new,
lethal strain that could spread rapidly among humans, killing millions, is
very versatile.
Trodesson also called upon countries to prepare a so called 'avian
influenza pandemic preparedness plan' in case the virus was successfully
beaten.
Vietnam, the country worst hit by the H5N1 strain which has killed 46
people in Asia, is testing vaccines for poultry and humans. The United States
is also preparing trials for a human bird flu vaccine.
Thailand, the world's fourth largest chicken exporter before the
epidemic hit last year, this week reversed its opposition to vaccines and
approved a limited treatment plan.
Bui Quang Anh, head of the Agriculture's Ministry's Animal Health
Department, said Vietnam's first priority was to expand provincial
laboratories on the front line of the war against a disease that has killed 13
people in Vietnam's latest outbreak.
One project to boost bird flu testing facilities in 20 provinces would
require 40 billion dong ($2.5 million), while a new central laboratory to
research the virus and produce poultry vaccines would cost $1 million.
U.N. experts say countries hit by the H5N1 poultry virus will need
hundreds of millions of dollars from donors to sustain a prolonged fight
against the disease now endemic in parts of Asia.
Vietnam also needed the expertise of foreign epidemiologists and
virologists to help analyse the epidemic, contain it and produce vaccines, Anh
said.
Hans Troedsson, said Vietnam was seeking aid from Japan, Denmark,
France, Britain as well as multilateral organisations like the World Bank.
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