(VOV) - The victim is said to have contact and ingestion of poultry infected with the H5N1 virus.Cambodian health officials on 26/2 has also recorded one case of death from H5N1 influenza virus infection. This is the 8th of deaths in the country since the start of this year.
Victims were male, 35 years old, living in the central district, Kampong Cham province, died on the night of 25/2 after 4 days of treatment at Calmete Hospital in Phnom Penh (Cambodia).
The initial cause was the victim's exposure and ingestion of poultry infected with the H5N1 virus.
Mr. Sonny Krishnan, staff of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Cambodia have confirmed this information, and urged people to stop slaughtering and eating infected poultry.
Mr. Krishna also asked parents and guardians should not let children near or in contact with poultry and poultry should not be in the house because children are the most vulnerable to infectious due to a weakened immune system .
So far, Cambodia has confirmed 30 cases of infection, including 27 deaths. H5N1 virus is usually spread from poultry to humans through direct contact, but experts fear the virus could change into a variable can be easily transmitted from person to person. /. http://vov.vn/The-gioi/Campuchia-ghi-nhan-ca-tu-vong-thu-8-do-virus-cum-H5N1/249819.vov
