Cambodia Confirms Bird Flu in Poultry Near Capital

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the bird flu is spreading.

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Cambodia Confirms Bird Flu in Poultry Near Capital
Sun Feb 6, 2005 08:16 AM ET



PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Bird flu has been found in chickens near the Cambodian capital, officials said Sunday, raising fears about the spread of the deadly virus in a country with little to no health system.

The H5N1 virus strain was detected in dead chickens at a small poultry farm in the province of Kandal, just south of Phnom Penh.

"People are now aware of the virus and when they suspected a case they reported it to us. The bird flu has hit our country again," said Agriculture Ministry official San Vanty.

Bird flu first hit Cambodia in September last year, but the virus which has killed humans in neighboring Vietnam and Thailand did not claim its first Cambodian victim until last month, when a 25-year-old woman succumbed in Vietnam.
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