source: The National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology is studying the genes of H1N1 virus from two patients following suspicion about its resistance to the antiviral drug oseltamivir or Tamilflu.
The two patients were among the 19 people admitted to the institute so far, Director Nguyen Van Kinh said Wednesday. Three of these cases were locally transmitted, he added.
The Health Ministry reported Wednesday 11 new influenza A (H1N1) patients – seven in the south, one in the central and three in the northern region, raising the country’s tally to 259.
Of these, 186 patients have been discharged from hospitals after full recovery.
The ministry also said they are closely monitoring treatment-resistance among the virus.
The ministry will allow more hospitals to announce official test results instead of having to wait for the results of another test by authorized agencies.
This would avoid wastage of time and reduce the government’s expenditure on testing, which comes to about US$150 per case, the ministry said.
The Department of Health in Thua Thien-Hue Province, said Wednesday they had instructed districts to set up facilities to quarantine those suspected of carrying the virus and treating confirmed H1N1 patients.
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