He made the statement at a weekly meeting of the steering committee for A/H1/N1 flu prevention on January 13.

“The rate of people confirmed positive for the A/H1N1 virus among suspected cases in hospitals has reduced to 30 percent and only 4 percent of samples in laboratories tested positive,” he said.

Deputy Minister of Health Trinh Quan Huan said that prevention activities will still be under taken nationwide to prevent both A/H5N1 and A/H1N1 flu spreading along with foot-hand-mouth diseases in the spring.

He asked the World Health Organisation to send vaccines to Vietnam.

“The vaccine will be used for high-risk groups only, including pregnant women and medical staff,” he said.