Bird flu: 11-year-old girl in Cambodia dies after being infected
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An 11-year-old girl in Cambodia has died after being infected by a strain of avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, the government says.It was the first known human infection with the H5N1 strain in the country since 2014, the health minister, Mam Bunheng, said in a statement on Thursday.The girl from Prey Veng province, east of the capital, Phnom Penh, was diagnosed with bird flu after falling sick with a high fever and cough on 16 February, the statement said.
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