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Cambodian media released a picture of a Chinese woman fleeing the isolation ward in Cambodia (security camera footage)
On the morning of February 22, the Cambodian Ministry of Health announced that the country had detected 35 new cases of COVID-19 infection. Of these there were 31 cases of contagion from the community and 4 entries. In which, most of the imports are from China.
Thus, this is the third consecutive day of detection of people infected by COVID-19, bringing the total number of detected patients to 78.
According to the Cambodian Ministry of Health, 23 “high risk of infection” sites were zoned. Many areas of the capital, Phnom Penh, have been closed. Discos, bars, pubs … were also closed. The Cambodian Ministry of Education also suspended some schools.
On the night of February 21, Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen sent a message to the Cambodian people.
The head of the Cambodian government said that this outbreak was very complicated. He said he also considered a plan to put military hospitals into operation in case infections rise rapidly. Some private hospitals such as Cho Ray Hospital – Phnom Penh (invested by Vietnam) are also considered to be used to combat the epidemic.
In related developments, Cambodian authorities are also trying to track the number of people entering from China to escape quarantine. Among these, there were those who fled the hospital after learning they were positive for COVID-19.
The Chinese Embassy in Cambodia confirmed that some Chinese citizens had seriously violated the Cambodian government’s COVID-19 prevention and control regulations. This has caused many difficulties for the host country to cope with the epidemic.
The Chinese Embassy urged all Chinese citizens in Cambodia to strictly comply with the Royal Cambodian Government’s COVID-19 epidemic control regulations and actively cooperate with Cambodian health authorities to prevent transmission.
The Chinese Embassy in Cambodia urged its citizens in Cambodia to fully cooperate with the Cambodian Government’s regulations on prevention of the COVID-19 epidemic.
Cambodia announced the COVID-19 outbreak in the community on February 20, when 32 people tested positive. Cambodian public opinion suggests that the outbreak is related to Chinese living in Cambodia, after a Chinese woman fled the isolation room of a hotel in Phnom Penh. Then this person tested positive for COVID-19.
22-2 noon, talk to Online youthChau Van Chi, president of the Khmer-Vietnamese Association (KAV), said that the Vietnamese community in Cambodia has become popular with the knowledge about preventing the COVID-19 epidemic in each locality. In this outbreak, the Vietnamese in Cambodia are not overly concerned and have not left Vietnam.
