Watt Poultry Since the start of August, the Cambodian medical authority has confirmed three further infections with influenza A(H5N1) virus.
This brings the nation’s total so far this year to 15, according to the latest update on the health situation in the Western Pacific Region from the World Health Organization (WHO; as of August 15).
The most recent cases involved a six-year-old boy in the southeastern province of Tbong Khmum, a 26-year-old man in Siem Reap in the northwest of Cambodia, and a 6-year-old girl in Takeo province in the south. Each of the patients tested positive for the virus after becoming unwell following contact with sick or dead poultry. With infection onset dates between July 15 and August 5, all three were admitted to hospitals, where their condition was described as “critical.”