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A 9-year-old boy has died after being infected with H5N1 bird flu in Cambodia, the health ministry reported on Friday, making it the third case in the country in just two weeks. The young boy, from a village near Kratié in eastern Cambodia, developed symptoms after 5 chickens and 3 ducks at his home died. The ducks were also cooked and consumed by the family. The child tested positive for H5N1 bird flu on Thursday, the same day he died. The Ministry of Health announced the case on Friday, the third in just two weeks. The first two cases – a 3-year-old from Prey Veng and a 69-year-old from Siem…

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