Cambodia confirms new bird flu outbreak

PHNOM PENH (AFP) - Cambodia on Saturday confirmed a new outbreak of bird flu among poultry a little more than a week after a 13-year-old girl died of the deadly H5N1 virus.

The government said the fresh outbreak was discovered earlier this week in chickens and ducks raised in a family’s backyard farm in Kampong Cham province, 124 kilometres (77 miles) east of the capital Phnom Penh.

“We have a new outbreak of bird flu,” Agriculture, Forest and Fisheries Minister Chan Sarun told AFP.

The discovery came after the Cambodian girl died of bird flu last Thursday, becoming the kingdom’s seventh fatality from the H5N1 virus. Her death prompted the government to launch a week-long bird flu awareness blitz.

Bird flu story source: AFP

Posted by on 04/15 at 08:11 AM

I think we all need to wake up.  China and Indonesia are withholding samples of their H5N1 isolates so that they can get a head start on producing vaccine.  Once they have immunized their populations, watch out!!!!  The WHO should be raising the alarm to the world about this now, and if those nations don’t cooperate, the UN needs to pass resolutions for immediate action by other governments.

China is not a friend of the west, they are building their military and attempting to subvert our defense technology at lightning speed.  WAKE UP EVERYBODY!!!!!!!!!

Posted by  on  04/16  at  03:36 AM
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