Thursday, August 25, 2011

WHO confirms another bird flu death in Cambodia

Eighth bird flu death in Cambodia reported this year

August 24, 2011
AHN

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday confirmed another bird flu death in Cambodia.

The victim is a six-year-old girl and is the eighth person to have died of the outbreak this year.

In a joint statement, the Health Ministry and WHO said that the child belonged to eastern Kampong Cham province and she died on August 14 after contracting H5N1 avian influenza.

"The girl is the 18th person in Cambodia to become infected with the H5N1 virus and the 16th to die from complications of the disease," since 2005 they said.

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