Cambodia confirmed The first H5N1 avian influenza patient was found in 2024. It was a child who was only 3 years old and was already receiving close care from the medical team.
Cambodia confirmed The first H5N1 avian influenza patient was found in 2024. It was a child who was only 3 years old and was already receiving close care from the medical team.
Xinhua news agency reported that on Friday (January 26), Cambodia’s Ministry of Health reported the discovery of a 3-year-old boy from Prey Veng province in southeastern Cambodia.Cambodia Has been confirmed to have the disease.Bird flu H5N1 This is considered to be the first patient of 2024.
The ministry said the National Institute of Public Health and the Pasteur Institute of Cambodia confirmed the detection of the H5N1 strain of the virus in the boy on Thursday (Jan. 25). He is currently being closely monitored by medical teams. Inspections in the patient’s village found that chickens and ducks in and around the village His house died about 10 days ago.
A team of health experts is investigating the origin of the virus. and investigate cases of suspected patients or people who have close contact with patients To prevent outbreaks in the community
In addition, the ministry said that Tamiflu (Tamiflu) or oseltamivir was prescribed. (Oseltamivir), which is an antiviral drug for preventionbird fluIt has spread to groups of people who have direct contact with the boy.
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The report states that the diseasebird flu H5N1 strain It is influenza that is often spread between sick poultry. But sometimes it can spread from poultry to humans as well. The symptoms of the disease include fever, cough, runny nose and severe acute respiratory illness.
The ministry revealed that Cambodia has found cases of bird flu. There have been 63 cases of the H5N1 strain, and of these, 41 patients have died from 2003 to the present.
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2024-01-28 10:00:00
