Cambodia’s Ministry of Health said A second case of H5N1 avian influenza has been reported in Cambodia, the father of an 11-year-old girl who died recently from H5N1 avian influenza.
Dr. Seng Panharit, Director of Public Health of Prey Veng Province, told Wayo Radio Station. It said that the girl’s father who died from avian influenza tested positive. After being taken to the hospital But so far his condition hasn’t been serious.
11 other patients were also tested for the virus. but still don’t know the result
On Wednesday (February 22), the 11-year-old daughter of a second avian influenza patient died of H5N1 avian influenza. germ from daughter
It is also unknown how the deceased girl was infected. But all the poultry at the house had just died, including 22 chickens and 3 ducks, as well as an unusually high number of wild birds.
The current H5N1 strain of avian influenza has spread worldwide since late 2021, even in countries where avian influenza has never been found. ever since More than 200 million birds have died due to spontaneous infection or mass culling. Most of them are in Europe and the United States.
