According to official information, a girl in Cambodia has died of bird flu. It is the first death related to the disease in the Southeast Asian country since 2014.
The eleven-year-old showed the first symptoms on February 16, such as a cough and sore throat. As the girl’s condition deteriorated, she was taken to the National Children’s Hospital in Phnom Penh on Tuesday. She died there on Wednesday. Tests had shown that she was infected with the bird flu virus H5N1.
The Ministry of the Environment in Phnom Penh also said that a particularly large number of dead wild animals had been found near where the girl lived. Samples have been taken from the animals and are currently being examined in a laboratory. The virus has now also been detected in the victim’s father.
In the past, waves of bird flu have also resulted in countless human deaths, especially in Southeast Asia and Egypt.
Source: Krone
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