Bird flu kills two siblings in northeastern Cambodia

A seven-year-old boy and his three-year-old sister from Cambodia’s northeastern Kratie Province died from H5N1 human avian influenza on Friday bring the death number of the cases to three so far this year, a health official confirmed Wednesday. …

H5N1 influenza is a flu that normally spreads between sick poultry, but it can sometimes spread from poultry to human, according to the World Health Organization.

Bird flu was first identified in Cambodia ten years ago. To date, the country has reported 50 human cases of the virus, killing 35 people.

Xinhuanet News Staff
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