Girl is Cambodia’s 5th bird flu fatality this year

Published February 8, 2013 1:27pm ET



PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A 5-year-old Cambodian girl has become the country’s fifth bird flu fatality this year.

Cambodia’s Health Ministry and the World Health Organization announced Friday that the girl had a history of contact with poultry in her village in southeastern Takeo province, where there was evidence of recent deaths among poultry.

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