Child Hospitalized as Bird Flu Cases Climb in Cambodia

Child hospitalized as bird flu cases climb in Cambodia

Cambodia's Ministry of Health recently confirmed the country's twelfth human case of H5N1 avian influenza so far this year. The patient, a five-year-old boy from Kampot province, is currently in intensive care with severe respiratory symptoms.

Child hospitalised as bird flu cases climb in Cambodia

Tom...foto/Shutterstock.comCambodia’s Ministry of Health recently confirmed the country’s twelfth human case of H5N1 avian influenza so far this year. The patient, a five-year-old boy from Kampot province, is currently in intensive care with severe respiratory symptoms. The announcement, on July 3, came just days after a 19-month-old child in neighbouring Takeo province died from the same virus. To date, there is no evidence of human-to-human tr…

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