Phnom Penh (VNA) - A 28-year-old man from Cambodia's southeast Kampong Cham province died of H5N1 human avian influenza on January 10, becoming the first death in 2025, according to the Cambodian Ministry of Health.
In press statement released on January 9, the ministry reported that the patient lived in village 22 in Chamkar Leu district's Chamkar Andoung commune. The patient raised and fed chicken, and he cooked sick chicken for food.
To prevent the risk of spread in the community, the ministry is working with relevant agencies to implement preventive measures in areas where bird flu outbreaks (H5N1) have occurred, and to trace the source of the infection through animals and humans.
H5N1 influenza is a flu that normally spreads between sick poultry, but it can sometimes spread from poultry to humans, and its symptoms include fever, cough, runny nose, and severe respiratory illness.
The ministry called on people to be extra vigilant and not to eat ill or dead poultry, saying that bird flu still poses a threat to people's health.
From 2003 to date, there were 73 cases of human infection with H5N1 influenza, including over 40 deaths in the Southeast Asian country, according to the ministry./.
