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Campuchia reports third H5N1-related death

A two-year-old girl in Cambodia’s southeastern Prey Veng province has died of A/H5N1 avian influenza, the third death from the virus recorded in the country this year, the Ministry of Health said on October 9.

Phnom Penh (VNA) – A two-year-old girl in Cambodia’s southeastern Prey Vengprovince has died of A/H5N1 avian influenza, the third death from the virusrecorded in the country this year, the Ministry of Health said on October 9.

The girl tested positive for H5N1 bird flu earlier thesame day. It was also the 59th H5N1 infection case in Cambodia since2005, including 40 deaths.

The ministry said Tamiflu, an antiviral drug to prevent the birdflu from spreading, was distributed to people who had direct contact with thegirl.

H5N1 avian influenza is a flu that normally spreads between sickpoultry, but it can sometimes spread from poultry to humans, according to theWorld Health Organisation./.

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