Govt sounds the alert as three-year-old boy in Cambodia contracts H5N1 bird flu; six cases confirmed so far


PHNOM PENH (Xinhua): A three-year-old boy from southern Cambodia's Takeo province has been confirmed for H5N1 human avian influenza, raising the number of the cases to six so far this year, the Ministry of Health said in a statement on Saturday.

"Laboratory results from the National Institute of Public Health and the Pasteur Institute in Cambodia showed on Friday that the boy was positive for H5N1 virus," the ministry said.

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