A Cambodian vendor prepares roast chickens on display at a street in Phnom Penh August 13, 2006. Cambodia's Agriculture Ministry has confirmed a new outbreak of bird flu in poultry in the country's southeast, a ministry official said Saturday. REUTERS/Chor SokuntheaMony
Voice of America
Phnom Penh
14/08/2006
In Prey Veng, many of the villagers are fearful of the bird flu virus that has killed approximately one thousand poultry. They considered the disease to be more dangerous than the AIDS epidemic.
The villagers are urging the Cambodian government and NGO’S to provide preventive measures to protect the people from catching the H5N1 virus and the spread of this virus to public.
Bird flu's health officials says that about one thousand ducks and chickens were killed by the bird flu virus, in a farm called Chour Rokar, in Srok Preah Sdech in the Prey Veng Province.
The incident also lead to the killing of other poultry in the same farmhouse. Rin Rom, a villager who handled the dead birds with his bare hands is very fearful for his family who is already showing signs of respiratory problems.
A pregnant woman who ate the chicken given by a neighbor said that she had high temperature and had pains all over her body.
Nuth Sokhom, Minister of Health says that he has no plan to vaccinate the villagers, but he plans to educate them on how to not get sick from the bird flu.
The villagers are urging the Cambodian government and NGO’S to provide preventive measures to protect the people from catching the H5N1 virus and the spread of this virus to public.
Bird flu's health officials says that about one thousand ducks and chickens were killed by the bird flu virus, in a farm called Chour Rokar, in Srok Preah Sdech in the Prey Veng Province.
The incident also lead to the killing of other poultry in the same farmhouse. Rin Rom, a villager who handled the dead birds with his bare hands is very fearful for his family who is already showing signs of respiratory problems.
A pregnant woman who ate the chicken given by a neighbor said that she had high temperature and had pains all over her body.
Nuth Sokhom, Minister of Health says that he has no plan to vaccinate the villagers, but he plans to educate them on how to not get sick from the bird flu.
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