Cambodia records 24 flu A(H1N1) cases

PHNOM PENH, Cambodian health ministry announced on Friday that it has confirmed 24 cases of A(H1N1) influenza in the kingdom.

"The two latest cases are a 22-year-old Khmer girl and a 38-year-old Australian man," said Sok Touch, director of communicable disease control department of Health Ministry.

"The Australian man is the father of a girl who was tested positive for the flu," he said.

"They are in stable condition and are recovering after treatment."

Nobody has died so far in Cambodia, according to Sok Touch. He said, "Cambodia will not hide the number of infected people or dead people. Everything is transparent."

"Cambodia has been trying to prevent the spread of the flu and strengthening the tracking system at airports and international border gates," he said, calling the local people to protect themselves from the flu.

"The most important thing," Sok Touch stressed, "is that the local residents should have to protect themselves." (PNA/Xinhua) FFC/ebp