Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam), February 23. An 11-year-old girl has died of a bird flu infection in Cambodia, the first death from the disease recorded in the Asian country in nine years, at a time of growing global concern over the disease. official sources reported on Thursday.
According to a statement released by the Ministry of Health, the girl started feeling ill on February 16, with symptoms including high fever, cough and sore throat which did not improve after three days. treatment in his town in the province of Prey. Come, to the southeast of the country.
Due to the persistence of symptoms, she was transferred to the children’s hospital in the capital, Phnom Penh, on February 21, where she died the following day.
Tests carried out by the medical team upon admission revealed that the little girl had tested positive for the H5NA bird flu virus.
It is the first death from the disease in Cambodia since 2014, after the country suffered 37 deaths from bird flu between 2003 and 2014.
The Cambodia case comes at a time of growing concern about the disease due to its shift from birds to mammals in different parts of the world, leading to a warning from the World Health Organization (WHO) February 8.
Although it is an animal disease, transmission to humans who come into contact with sick birds is possible. ECE
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