FILE PHOTO: A girl plays with pigeons along a river side in front of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh on October 10, 2023. - AFP
PHNOM PENH, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- A three-year-old girl from western Cambodia's Kampong Speu province has been confirmed for H5N1 human avian influenza, raising the number of cases to 16 so far this year, the Ministry of Health said in a statement late on Thursday.
A laboratory result from the National Institute of Public Health showed on Oct. 15 that the little girl was positive for the H5N1 virus, the statement said.
