Vietnam family of five catches bird flu

Vietnam health officials said today that five members of a family that ran a chicken farm in northern Vietnam have tested positive for bird flu.

Initial tests showed the H5N1 virus was present in samples taken from a 35-year-old man, his 32-year-old wife and their three daughters, aged 10 years, four years, and four months, said Nguyen Van Vy, director of Haiphong Health Department.