Cambodian man's bird flu death confirmed

A Cambodian man who died this week has tested positive for a severe strain of bird flu, the government said today, raising the country’s death toll from the disease to two.

Test results from the Pasteur Institute in the capital Phnom Penh showed that 26-year-old Meas Ran who died earlier this week had the H5N1 strain of bird flu, Deputy Agriculture Minister Yim Voeun Tharn said.