Vietnam urges greater bird flu vigilence

Vietnam’s prime minister ordered all local governments and ministries to heighten vigilance against bird flu out of fear that some provinces have dropped their guard in the fight against the disease, state-controlled media reported today.

“Some provinces have shown complacency in bird flu prevention and control,” Prime Minister Phan Van Khai said in the telegram sent yesterday, which was published in part in the Labourer newspaper and posted on the Ministry of Health Web site.