The Ministry of Health of Cambodia has announced a new death from the H5N1 human avian influenza, reports the Khmer Times newspaper.

The Ministry states that it would like to inform the public that there is one case of bird flu in an 11-year-old boy who was confirmed positive for the H5N1 bird flu virus by the Pasteur Institute of Cambodia on Tuesday

The boy resided in Srey Sampoung Village, My Kraing Commune, Samrong Tong District, Kampong Speu Province.

Despite the care and rescue efforts of the medical team, the child died on Tuesday due to the reason that he arrived at the hospital in a very serious condition, including fever, cough, shortness of breath, and severe difficulty breathing

Investigations revealed that there were sick and dying chickens and ducks near the patient’s house since a week before the child started feeling sick.

This is the fourth reported human death from H5N1 in Cambodia in 2025. In March, a three-year-old boy in Kratie province died of bird flu after coming into contact with poultry at a farm where five chickens had previously died.

The World Health Organization (WHO) issued an emergency warning in July 2024 about the global risk of a new outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza, and urged countries to take urgent measures to increase epidemiological monitoring, information sharing, and research results to prevent a possible pandemic. The WHO considers Cambodia to be at high risk of the spread of the bird flu virus. The country has reported 75 human cases of H5N1, 46 of which have been fatal.