A six-year-old boy from southeast Cambodia’s Tboung Khmum province has been confirmed for H5N1 avian influenza, the country’s Ministry of Health said in a statement on Tuesday, reports Khmer Times.

A laboratory result from the National Institute of Public Health showed on Monday that the boy was positive for H5N1 virus, the statement said.

The patient is being treated by a team of doctors, it added.

So far this year, Cambodia recorded a total of 13 human cases of H5N1 bird flu, with five deaths, according to the health ministry.

The World Health Organization has classified Cambodia as a country at high risk of spreading the bird flu virus. The country has reported more than 70 human cases of H5N1 bird flu and 47 deaths so far.