Mary Ann Benitez and Phoebe Man
Friday, July 06,
2012
Travelers to Cambodia are being
advised to take precautions as the World Health Organization and the country's
health ministry race to identify a disease that has killed 61 children since
April.
However, the WHO is yet to issue a global alert regarding the disease.
Some 150 Hong Kong tourists in five groups are currently in Phnom Penh and
Ankor Wat, and about 500 more in 30 tour groups are set to leave for Cambodia,
which is bordered by Thailand, Laos and Vietnam..
..Laboratory test results suggest that this syndrome is unlikely to be
associated with avian influenza. It can be a mixture of known diseases which
have been reported as one syndrome, or something new," said Joy Rivaca Caminade,
technical officer (risk communications) of the WHO Regional Office for Western
Pacific.
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