Cambodia- Girl, 6, dies from H5N1 Bird flu March 30, 2012

[Giuseppe]

[Source: Phnom Penh Post, full text: (LINK).]

Bird flu leaves one child dead


Mom Kunthear - Monday, 02 April 2012


A six-year-old girl from Kampong Chhnang province?s Kampong Tralach district died on Friday in the year?s second H5N1 fatality, Health Ministry and World Health Organisation officials said yesterday.

Morm Malay, deputy director of the provincial health department, said officials from the Health Ministry?s communicable disease control department had confirmed that Noy Makara had died of the virus, otherwise known as bird flu.

Noy Makara had fallen ill after eating the meat of a sick chicken, and her family had attempted to treat her with medicine and injections, he said.

?She did not get better and her family sent her for treatment at the Kuntha Bopha hospital on March 28, and she died on March 30,? he added.

This was the first case of H5N1 influenza ever recorded in Kampong Chhnang province, he said.

WHO public health specialist Nima Asgari confirmed the death was the year?s second from H5N1, and said further details would be known after investigation.



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[Shiloh]

Re: Cambodia, Bird flu leaves one child dead (Phnom Penh Post, April 2 2012)

Re: Cambodia, Bird flu leaves one child dead (Phnom Penh Post, April 2 2012)

Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/SEAsia/Story/STIStory_784528.html

Cambodian girl dies from bird flu: WHO
Published on Apr 2, 2012


PHNOM PENH (AFP) - A six-year-old Cambodian girl has died from bird flu, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday, in the country's second fatality from the virus this year...

...'There are reports that the patient had contact with sick or dead poultry prior to becoming sick,' the statement said.