Four deaths reported from Avian flu (H5N1), Cambodia

The deaths of four Cambodians from avian flu have health experts worried. Just four weeks into the year, the toll is Cambodia’s second highest since avian flu was first detected here in 2005. Sonny Inbaraj Krishnan, the WHO’s communications officer, said Wednesday, January 30, that the organization remained concerned at the deaths from H5N1, which is better known as avian flu. “These are the first cases globally this year,” he said. Read Article