A 2-year-old Cambodian girl is in critical condition in Phnom Penh after hospitalization due to infection with the H5N1 virus, also known as avian influenza or bird flu. Mr. Sonny Inbaraj Krishnan, Information Officer for the World Health Organization in Phnom Penh say this movement makes health experts concerned. Mr. Krishnan said this is the fourth case of H5N1 place people. Last year there were 3 cases, so within one month of the new year there were 4 cases, and that is a concern.
....However, other diseases such as dengue fever and Malaria killing more people than H5N1, so he Krishnan asked why there is concern about bird flu. Krishnan explained the specific concerns that this H5N1 virus can undergo a process called reclassification and recombination with other influenza viruses, and this process can cause a new virus capable of transmission between people. Cambodia is a country mainly agricultural, and each village poultry. Medical staff of tracking young people who have contact with infected patients and the operators working under the Ministry of Agriculture is testing poultry in the infected villages and destruction of poultry disease.
Thursday The last six, the Minister of Health Mam Bunheng urged parents to make sure their children wash their hands often and stay away from sick or dead poultry. He also recommends that children with breathing difficulties should be taken immediately to the nearest clinic. Mr. Krishnan said the radio and television stations are transmitting messages. According to Krishnan, since this week will transmit short news on radio and television to inform people how to protect yourself and your family from bird flu. Especially be careful not to allow children to play with chickens and ducks, and it is important nhaty to wash your hands.
...Mr. Krishnan of the World Health Organization warned not to draw too many conclusions from this event, and yet is the number of samples is small. But according to him, there are local factors complicate the problem. When people get sick, the first place which led them to relatives usually local pharmacist or a private clinic.H5N1 can be fatal in less than 1 week after infection, so to lose a few days because of ineffective treatment and misdiagnosis can be fatal.
