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Bird flu: 11-year-old girl in Cambodia dies after being infected

Bird flu: 11-year-old girl in Cambodia dies after being infected

Case is the country’s first known human infection with H5N1 strain since 2014, health minister says

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.

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