The Department of Disease Control (DDC) has put out an alert about a bird flu outbreak after reports of a death in Cambodia.
Dr Sopon Iamsirithaworn, the DDC deputy chief, said the department has been closely monitoring the situation in the neighbouring country and found that an 11-year-old girl developed a fever on Feb 16 and was found dead on Feb 21 in Prey Veng province, which shares a border with Vietnam. Her father is also now infected with the disease, with mild symptoms. The cases were reported to the World Health Organization (WHO).
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