Five-year-old girl in Cambodia contracts H5N1 bird flu, 7 cases confirmed so far

H5N1 influenza is a flu that normally spreads between sick poultry, but it can sometimes spread from poultry to humans. - The Phnom Penh Post/ANN

PHNOM PENH: Another human case of H5N1 bird flu has been confirmed on a five-year-old girl from southern Cambodia's Takeo province, bringing the number of the cases to seven since the start of 2024, the Ministry of Health said in a statement on Monday (July 8).

"The patient has a fever and is the cousin of a three-year-old boy, who tested positive for the virus on July 5," the statement said, adding that the two victims live in the same house in Kiri Vong district's Pou village.