Via The Standard :
" A two-year-old Cambodian girl has died of bird flu, the country's fourth known fatality - all children - from the virus this year.
The girl from southern Kampot province died on Friday, a day after she was admitted to hospital, officials said in a statement with the World Health Organization yesterday.
Tests confirmed she had the H5N1 virus, it said, adding that the girl had direct contact with dead chickens in a village where most of the poultry perished in recent weeks.
Health Minister Mam Bunheng urged parents to keep kids from birds as H5N1 "remains a serious threat to the health of all Cambodians and more so for children."
" A two-year-old Cambodian girl has died of bird flu, the country's fourth known fatality - all children - from the virus this year.
The girl from southern Kampot province died on Friday, a day after she was admitted to hospital, officials said in a statement with the World Health Organization yesterday.
Tests confirmed she had the H5N1 virus, it said, adding that the girl had direct contact with dead chickens in a village where most of the poultry perished in recent weeks.
Health Minister Mam Bunheng urged parents to keep kids from birds as H5N1 "remains a serious threat to the health of all Cambodians and more so for children."
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