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Fresh bird flu outbreak

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia has a new breakout of bird flu in poultry in southeast Prey Veng province, an official in Ministry of Agriculture confirmed to Xinhua on Saturday. ``There is a bird flu outbreak in a village in Prey Veng province, about 20 km from Cambodia-Vietnamese border. More than 1,000 ducks got sick and died soon,'' Yim Venthan, secretary of state of the Ministry of Agriculture said. ``Samples taken from the dead ducks were sent to Pasteur Institute in Phnom Penh for testing and they were confirmed positive for avian influenza virus on Friday,'' he said. Kao Phal, director of the Ministry's animal health department, said the outbreak was the virulent H5N1 type. However, Mr. Venthan called on people not to panic. The H5N1 virus has killed at least 138 persons since 2003, including six in Cambodia. — Xinhua

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