Cambodian girl dies from bird flu: WHO

09 Feb, 2011

"Despite intensive medical care, the girl died 12 hours after admission from complications," it said.The child is the 11th person in the country to become infected with the H5N1 virus and ninth to die since 2003.Cambodia said it was working to identify her close contacts and "to initiate preventive treatment as required".

 

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011

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