The father of the girl who died of the H5N1 virus in Cambodia is also positive.
The avian flu epidemic which is currently raging in the world worries scientists more and more. This week we learned that an 11-year-old girl had died of the H1N1 virus in Cambodia. A rare phenomenon but which had not occurred for several years in this country.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) mentioned this Friday, February 24, 2023 a “worrying situation” in relation to the avian flu epidemic, after two cases in humans in Cambodia including one death, even if it underlines that there is still no evidence of transmission between humans, reports the newspaper West France.
The WHO had never expressed such concern since the start of the epidemic which is raging all over the world and mainly strikes farmed birds (duck, chicken, turkey). Cases of transmission to mammals have also been recorded. Transmission to humans is very rare.
“It is too early to know if this is a transmission between humans or if it is linked to a common exposure to the same environment”, declared Sylvie Briand, responsible for the prevention of pandemics within the WHO, according to our colleagues.