AHN News Staff
Phnom Penh, Cambodia (AHN) – The World Health Organization and Cambodian Health Ministry, have confirmed the death of an 11-year-old girl suffering from bird flu on Wednesday. With the fresh casualty, the death toll from the virus reached four since the start of the year.
The ministry said that the girl, who belonged to eastern Kampong Cham province, died on March 31 after contracting H5N1 avian influenza. “The girl is the 14th person in Cambodia to become infected with the H5N1 virus and the 12th to die from complications of the disease since 2003,” the statement said.
Cambodia’s first bird flu casualty came in early February nearly 12 months after the death of a five-year-old girl. Cambodia witnessed two more fatalities in the month of February when a mother and her 11-month-old son fell victim to the deadly virus. More than 300 people have lost their lives since 2003 through H5N1 strain of avian influenza.
The latest case of bird flu reported less than a week after the Netherlands confirmed a bird flu outbreak, prompting China to ban all its poultry imports from the European nation.
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