# 4513
Prey Veng Province
Except for reports of duck die-offs earlier this year (see The Cambodian Duck Mystery), we’ve heard very little bird flu related news out of Cambodia in recent months.
Neighboring Vietnam – where surveillance and reporting is likely much better – has recorded at least 7 human infections and 2 deaths this year.
Today we’ve news of an H5N1 fatality in Cambodia, that of a 27 year old man from Prey Veng Province.
Treyfish started a thread on FluTrackers with a cryptic report this morning, and since that time the AP and DAP have also reported on the case. A hat tip to Sally Furniss for this report.
Another Cambodian is killed by bird flu virus still a threat to Cambodians
Wednesday, 21 April 2010 05:28 DAP
Correspondent .PHNOM PENH, April 21 (DAP) – Another Cambodian man was killed by bird flu virus still a threat to this impoverished Southeast Asian nation, the World Health Organization and Cambodian health minister warned on Wednesday.A 27-year-old Cambodian, from the eastern province of Prey Veng, died on April 17 as a result of respiratory complications after contracting bird flu virus H5N1, said a joint statement was seen by DAP.
The government urged the locals to report the suspicious deaths poultry to the assigned contact persons so that the experts could take an initial preventative action before escalating.
“Avian influenza H5N1 is still a threat to the health of Cambodians. I urge communities to be on the look-out for sick poultry and to report poultry die-offs to the ministry of health and agriculture hotlines so that they can be investigated before people start to get sick,” said health minister Mam Bun Heng in a joint statement with World Health Organization.
The latest death brought the country’s death toll from the deadly virus rose to 8 out of the 10 confirmed cases of H5N1, said the release.
The ministry of health’s officials are now sending experts to the affected area to conduct filed investigation to the identify man’s close contacts and to initiate preventative treatment as required, it said.
