PHNOM PENH -- The Cambodian Health Ministry and the World Health
Organisation (WHO) issued a joint statement on Tuesday reporting that
two new human cases of the H5N1 virus have been confirmed in Cambodia,
raising the nation's total number of cases this year to 16. The
statement said one of the new cases involved a nine-year old boy from
the province of Battambang. He was admitted to Jayavarman VII Hospital
on August 4 and was confirmed to have contracted the human H5N1 avian
influenza virus last Friday. The patient is currently in stable
condition. The other case involved a five-year old girl from the
province of Southern Kandal. She was admitted to the Kantha Bopha
Hospital last Friday and was confirmed positive for the H5N1 virus the
next day. According to the statement, the girl is in a critical
condition. Apparently, both patients came in contact with sick or dead
poultry before falling ill. Cambodia is currently facing its worst H5N1
outbreak since the virus was first detected in 2004. To date, health
authorities in the country have recorded 37 human cases and 28
fatalities.
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