This is the first death from this disease in the country since 2014.
An 11-year-old girl has died from a bird flu infection in Cambodia, the first death from this disease registered in the Asian country in nine yearsat a time when global concern about this disease is growing, official sources reported on Thursday.
According to a statement released by the Ministry of Health, the girl began to feel ill on February 16, with symptoms such as high fever, cough and sore throat who did not improve after three days of treatment in his village in the province of Prey Veng, in the southeast of the country.
Given the persistence of symptoms, She was transferred to the children’s hospital in the capital, Phnom Penh.on February 21, where he died the following day.
The tests carried out by the medical team at the time of admission revealed that the little girl had tested positive for the H5NA bird flu virus.
This 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 case of Cambodia comes at a time of growing concern about this disease due to its jump from birds to mammals in different regions of the worldwhich led to a warning statement from the World Health Organization (WHO) on February 8.
Although it is an animal disease, transmission to humans possible who have contact with sick birds.
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