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Toddler dies of H5N1 virus in Cambodia

Phnom penh, Feb 26 (UNI) A two-year-and-seven-month-old boy from southeast Cambodia's Prey Veng province has died of H5N1 avian influenza, becoming the second death in 2025, the Ministry of Health has said.
A laboratory result from the National Institute of Public Health showed that the boy was positive for H5N1 virus, the ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
"Although our team of doctors had provided him with intensive care, the boy died on Tuesday, because his parents had just brought him to the hospital, and he had severe conditions, with the symptoms of fever, cough, and dyspnea," it added.
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