Cambodia’s 17th person contracted swine flu
After testing positive for the swine flu A(H1N1) virus on Friday, A 22-year-old Irish women have been found the infliction of A(H1N1) influenza virus. She traveled to Cambodia from Vietnam and then she was in Siem Reap for testing virus.
Ly Sovann, deputy director of the Communicable Disease Control Department at the Ministry of Health, was quoted by the Post as saying that “she is fine, but we asked her to stay for a week so that we could monitor her health.”
“So far, nobody has died in the country,” said Sovann. The latest person is in a stable condition and is recovering well, reported Xinhua.
Recently, the Ministry of Health has been strengthening the tracking system at two main airports, Phnom Penh International Airport and Siem Reap International Airport by using thermal scanners.
Additionally, Cambodia’s government also asked for Cambodians delay to travel to Thailand, because there are the growing numbers of swine flu in Thailand.
The American student was first found the case of infliction of swine virus A(H1N1) in Cambodia on June 23, 2009.
