After the conclusion of the 2010 International Ministerial Conference on Animal and Pandemic Influenza, Bui Ba Bong told a press briefing in Hanoi on April 21 that Vietnam will try to prevent human transmission of the H5N1 or Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus.

He added that Vietnam’s unrelenting efforts in the fight against bird flu over the past 7 years have been widely commended by the international community.

Vietnam has basically got the pandemic under control, with a few scattered places remaining infected across the country, the deputy minister confirmed.

He informed the press of the Hanoi Declaration that was approved the same day by ministers and senior officials from over 70 countries participating in the conference.

The declaration proposes a multi-sector array of national measures to promptly detect new diseases that may cross from animals to humans and quickly deploy public health measures against outbreaks.

VNA