Cambodia announces bird flu outbreaks in Northwestern part

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2011-Nov-4
PHNOM PENH, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Avian influenza A (H5N1) virus, or bird flu, has been bursting out in a village in Cambodia's Northwestern part, according to a statement received Friday from the Ministry of Agriculture .

The statement, published on Thursday evening, said the bird flu has occurred in O'Pong Morn village, Ta Kream commune, Ba Nan district, Battambang province, some 291 kilometers Northwestern Cambodia.

Minister of Agriculture Chan Sarun ordered the department of production and veterinary to take veterinary medical measures to contain the outbreaks and to kill all types of poultry in the outbreak area.

"It must be suspension to all trading activities and transports of all types of poultry in the area of 3 kilometers from the diameter of the outbreak point," he said. "The suspension will be in force for at least a month in order to investigate the origin of the bird flu outbreak."

The Bird flu firstly burst out in Cambodia in 2003. So far, 18 persons in Cambodia had infected with the H5N1 virus. Of them, 16 persons were killed, according to the joint statement of the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization.