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Phnom Penh - Cambodian health workers converged on a town near the capital Phnom Penh after a man was diagnosed with avian flu, officials said Friday.
The 19-year-old man from Kandal Province fell ill on November 28 and was being treated in a Phnom Penh hospital, the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation said in a joint statement.
The statement said field teams were searching for other infected residents in the town and the Ministry of Agriculture was investigating poultry deaths in the area.
The unidentified man was diagnosed on Thursday. It is the eighth case of bird flu detected in Cambodia since 2005.
The 19-year-old man from Kandal Province fell ill on November 28 and was being treated in a Phnom Penh hospital, the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation said in a joint statement.
The statement said field teams were searching for other infected residents in the town and the Ministry of Agriculture was investigating poultry deaths in the area.
The unidentified man was diagnosed on Thursday. It is the eighth case of bird flu detected in Cambodia since 2005.
3 comments:
Oh No..., not against, this is not going to help keeping price of poultry under control.
what are the lesson on bird flu? their ought to be a lesson on how to prevent bird flu. it is preventable, is it not? how about cook your birds thorough to make sure it is cooked well to kill off that bird flue virus or something!
where is the pasteur institute? maybe they can teach something about how to prevent bird flu disease! thank you.
Yes, the lesson is to stop Ah Pleu-oversea from feeding the damn infected birds!
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