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Medics heighten bird flu alert

The National Centre for Laboratory and Epidemiology has advised epidemiologists and the public to be on the alert for bird flu after two men in China died from a lesser-known type of bird flu (H7N9) last month. Director of the centre, Dr Phengta Vongphachanh, told Vientiane Times yesterday the centre was informed of the deaths …