Ministry of Health officials leave for intl conference on swine flu

Friday, 21 August 2009 15:03 Mom Kunthear

A DELEGATION from the Ministry of Health left Cambodia on Thursday morning to attend a public health conference in Beijing, where experts from around the world are to discuss measures to contain outbreaks of A(H1N1), or swine flu, the ministry said.

The conference, to be held today and Saturday, is to include health officials from several countries affected by outbreaks of the deadly flu, the ministry said.

Minister of Health Mam Bunheng said Thursday that the Cambodian government had been working on H1N1 prevention even before the first reported cases within the Kingdom, having seen news of its spread in Western countries.

The Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation reported Cambodia's first case of swine flu on June 25. Twenty-six cases have been reported so far, with no deaths. Click to read more...