Phnom Penh (VNA) - An 11-year-old girlfrom southeast Cambodia's Prey Veng province had died of H5N1 human avianinfluenza, the country's Ministry of Health's Communicable Disease Control Department reportedon February 22.
The girl fell ill on February 16, with the symptomsof a high temperature of 39 degrees Celsius, cough and sore throat, thedepartment said, adding that she first sought local health service, but hercondition saw no improvements, so she was then transferred to the NationalPediatric Hospital in Phnom Penh.
On February 21, the doctor took her samples fordiagnosis at the National Institute of Public Health and the results came out oneday later, confirming that she was positive for H5N1 bird flu, and the girldied later.
The department called on people not to touch ill ordead poultry and if suspected of having been infected with the virus./.
The girl fell ill on February 16, with the symptomsof a high temperature of 39 degrees Celsius, cough and sore throat, thedepartment said, adding that she first sought local health service, but hercondition saw no improvements, so she was then transferred to the NationalPediatric Hospital in Phnom Penh.
On February 21, the doctor took her samples fordiagnosis at the National Institute of Public Health and the results came out oneday later, confirming that she was positive for H5N1 bird flu, and the girldied later.
The department called on people not to touch ill ordead poultry and if suspected of having been infected with the virus./.
VNA
