Girl, 11, dies in Cambodia after catching bird flu, government says

Cambodia records first case of human H5N1 infection in nine years

An 11-year-old girl in Cambodia died after being infected by bird flu, the government said.

It was the South Asian country's first known case of H5N1 virus infection since 2014, health minister Mam Bunheng said on Thursday.

The girl from the rural Prey Veng province fell ill and was sent to a hospital in the capital Phnom Penh on 16 February. She was diagnosed with bird flu after suffering a fever of up to 102C with cough and throat pain.