The death came amid heightened concerns over a wave of bird flu that has spread through much of the world since late 2021, posing a potential public health risk.
In this photo released by the Cambodia Ministry of Health, Cambodia local authority meet health experts before spraying disinfectant at a village in Prey Veng eastern province Cambodia, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. The father of an 11-year old girl in Cambodia who died this week after contracting bird flu has tested positive for the virus, but has not displayed any major symptoms, health authorities said Friday.
“WHO takes the risk from this virus seriously and urges heightened vigilance from all countries,” she said. The girl's father tested positive for the virus but has not displayed any major symptoms, health authorities said Friday. A ministry team collected samples from 12 people from the dead girl's village known to have had direct contact with her, and laboratory tests confirmed Friday that only her father was infected.
"Tragic though this case in Cambodia is, we expect there to be some cases of clinical disease with such a widespread infection. Clearly the virus needs careful monitoring and surveillance to check that it has not mutated or recombined, but the limited numbers of cases of human disease have not increased markedly and this one case in itself does not signal the global situation has suddenly changed,” Wood added.
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