A 2-year-old girl has become the 11th person to die of bird flu in Cambodia this year, the country's health ministry said Friday
A 2-year-old girl has become the 11th person to die of bird flu in Cambodia this year, the country's health ministry said Friday.
The girl from the southern province of Kampot died from the H5N1 bird flu virus on Tuesday after suffering from fever, breathing difficulties, diarrhea and other symptoms, the ministry said.
It said the girl and other villagers had shared a meal of chickens that had died.
A 5-year-old girl from the southern Takeo province was also diagnosed with bird flu but is recovering.
The number of deaths from bird flu in Cambodia this year is the highest since the disease surfaced in 2003. Of the 41 bird flu cases confirmed so far in the country, 30 have been children under age 14.
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