Cambodia - Covid-19 cases - 274 cases

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Source: https://www.voacambodia.com/a/Cambod...e/5261787.html

Breaking: Cambodia Confirms One Case of Coronavirus in Coastal Town of Sihanoukville

PHNOM PENH —
The Cambodian Ministry of Health confirmed Monday evening the first case of the novel coronavirus in the country’s coastal province of Preah Sihanouk.

One male member of a Chinese family, which had flown into Sihanoukville from Wuhan, China, was confirmed infected with the virus, said Health Minister Mam Bunheng. Three other members of his family are currently under observations and all four people are being treated or observed at the Preah Sihanouk Referral Hospital.

The family arrived in Cambodia on January 23 and the 60-year-old Chinese national Cha Jin Hour started show flu-like symptoms on January 25, while staying at a hotel in Sihanoukville, said the health minister.

"After Cha Jin Hour was swimming at the pool [at the hotel] he had a fever," Mam Bunheng said.

Mam Bunheng added that the family had stayed at two different hotels for three nights in the coastal town. On the 26th, local health officials tested the man for the coronavirus, which was confirmed at 3 p.m. Monday afternoon...

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Source: http://www.china.org.cn/world/2020-0...t_75653847.htm
Cambodia confirms first case of novel coronavirus: health minister
Xinhua, January 28, 2020

A Chinese man from the central Chinese city of Wuhan was confirmed as the first person in Cambodia infected with the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Cambodian Health Minister Mam Bunheng announced at a press conference here on Monday evening.

He said the Chinese man, 60, was tested positive for the virus by the Pasteur Institute in Cambodia on Monday afternoon.

"The patient is currently in a stable condition, and he has cold only," Bunheng said.

According to the minister, the patient, along with his three family members, arrived in southwestern Cambodia's Preah Sihanouk province on Jan. 23 by a direct flight from Wuhan to Preah Sihanouk province and he showed the symptoms of fever and runny nose on Jan. 25.

Bunheng said the patient's three family members have not showed any symptoms of the novel coronavirus yet and doctors are closely monitoring their health situation...

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It seems odd that Thailand and Vietnam have both experienced an increase in cases, but not Cambodia.

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Chinese man in Preah Sihanouk province diagnosed with coronavirus has been released from hospital after treatment

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The Cambodia Daily
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February 11, 2020
Chinese man diagnosed with coronavirus in Sihanoukville This indicates that the virus is negative or virus-free.

Jan Chen, 60, who is suffering from new respiratory tract disease caused by the new coronavirus, arrived from Wuhan with three other families to arrive in Sihanoukville, Cambodia on January 23, 2020.

Two days later, he began to develop an unusual cough and was diagnosed by a health official with a coronary syndrome on January 27, 2020.The other three family members did not find the disease.

A Chinese man was released from a Sihanouk hospital referral on February 10, 2020, after a second test. 3 As a result, he has no new coronavirus in his body.

According to the source, prior to the departure of Ja Chen's hospital, there was a personal visit by Minister of Health Mam Bun Heng and Minister of Environment, Preah Sihanouk Province, the WHO representative to Ca..

https://www.cambodiadaily.com/2020/02/11/12/26/47361/

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The Cambodian Ministry of Health denied information that Hun Sen was infected with the corona virus

02/17/2020 18:53 GMT + 7 TTO - Khmer Times newspaper on 17-2 quoted the Ministry of Health of Cambodia rejected the news that Prime Minister Hun Sen infected with a new strain of corona virus, the virus causing acute respiratory infection (COVID-19).

• The shipping company urgently contacted guests who had left MS Westerdam
• American female tourist aboard Westerdam for the second test positive for corona
• MS Westerdam Yacht Management: 'Results from Malaysia are not final'

Earlier, Cambodian social network surfaced when a Facebook account named Neang Sokhun reported that Hun Sen was infected with corona virus.

Specifically, according to a source of Youth Online in Cambodia, Neang Sokhun account said Mr. Hun Sen was infected with the virus after picking up the MS Westerdam.

On this ship, there was an 83-year-old American tourist who arrived in Malaysia after joining a tourist group visiting Sihanoukville port of Cambodia. The Malaysian side tested and said the tourist was twice positive for the corona virus, while Cambodia confirmed that no one aboard Westerdam was infected.

On his personal Facebook, Neang Sokhun spread the news that Hun Sen was infected with the virus because he greeted the woman, causing public panic, saying it was "from a Cambodian People's Party official (CPP)". ruling by Hun Sen.

However, as stated, the Ministry of Health of Cambodia rejected this news. On February 17, the Khmer Times quoted Health Ministry spokesman Or Vandine as saying: "This is fake news. We have asked the police to take legal action against them."...https://tuoitre.vn/bo-y-te-campuchia...7182923001.htm

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https://english.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodian-authorities-urged-to-take-action-against-fabricators-of-fake-news-over-covid-19-160771/

Cambodian authorities urged to take action against fabricators of fake news over COVID-19

By
Xinhua Net
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March 2, 2020
Cambodia’s Ministry of Information on Sunday called on authorities to take urgent action against fabricators of fake news over COVID-19, saying that those ill-intentioned individuals are trying to cause chaos and misunderstanding.

In its press statement, the ministry named seven Facebook account and page holders for posting false statements about the COVID-19 with false claims that foreigners infected and died of the virus in the country.

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Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen wrote on his Facebook page on Sunday that so far, there has been no new confirmed case of the virus in the kingdom.

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/202..._138833027.htm

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https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50697321/people-spreading-fake-covid-19-news-are-terrorists-says-prime-minister-hun-sen

Speaking at a university graduation ceremony in Phnom Penh, Mr Hun Sen called on the public to fight against those who spread false coronavirus information in the Kingdom.

“I will consider those ill-intentioned individuals who spread fake news as terrorists,” he said, adding that some individuals have falsely attributed the death of some people to COVID-19 when they had actually died of other diseases.

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https://www.voacambodia.com/a/people-in-isolation-after-japanese-man-in-siem-reap-tests-positive-for-covid-19-/5317701.html

PHNOM PENH —

A Japanese businessman living in Siem Reap tested positive for the novel coronavirus after he reported symptoms and was tested in Nagoya, Japan, triggering the Cambodian Ministry of Health to put 44 people in isolation.

Four individuals – three Cambodians and one Japanese – who worked with the Japanese national in Siem Reap were immediately put in isolation and samples taken to test for COVID-19, said Siem Reap Health Department chief Kros Sarath.


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The Cambodian government has so far maintained that there has been only one confirmed case of the novel coronavirus, despite concerns domestically about the efficiency of its screening and monitoring mechanisms.

This week, the prime minister asked his government to prepare for the COVID-19 outbreak, which has now spread to more than 70 countries and infected close to 100,000 people globally.

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Source: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/regi...se-of-covid-19

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's Heath Minister Mam Bunheng announced on Saturday (March 7) that a Cambodian man had infected with the Covid-19 (coronavirus) symptoms, becoming the first local person to contract the virus.

It was the second confirmed case of Covid19 in Cambodia. On Jan 27, a 60-year-old Chinese man from the central Chinese city of Wuhan was tested positive for the virus, and he was discharged from the hospital on Feb 10 after completely recovering from the disease.

The new case, a 38-year-old patient, living in northwest Siem Reap province, was tested positive for the virus by the Pasteur Institute of Cambodia...

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First Case of Virus Found in Cambodian

By Aun Chhengpor
March 07, 2020 07:12 PM PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA - A 38-year-old man in Siem Reap is the first Cambodian diagnosed with the coronavirus, the Health Ministry announced Saturday.

The development prompted the Cambodian government’s decision to close schools in the provincial capital for two weeks and cancel a gathering scheduled for next month to celebrate Khmer New Year near the Angkor Wat temple complex.

The man with the confirmed case of COVID-19 was among four Cambodians placed under quarantine at Siem Reap Provincial Referral Hospital this week because of direct contact with a Japanese citizen who left Cambodia on Tuesday and tested positive upon arrival at Chubu Centrair International Airport near Nagoya, Japan. The Japanese man had been in the Philippines and Thailand before Cambodia, where he started to feel sick. A representative of the World Health Organization said it was investigating his case.

Some 40 other people in Siem Reap have been isolated under medical supervision because of indirect contact with the Japanese man, government officials said Saturday.

Health Minister Mam Bunheng said at a news conference Saturday night that the Cambodian man had shown no sign or symptoms of the virus infection but had tested positive around lunchtime Saturday.

“The Cambodian man diagnosed with COVID-19 is receiving attentive medical treatments from our staffers at the Siem Reap hospital,” Mam Bunheng said, adding that the man was in stable condition as of Saturday evening.

Relatives quarantined

Mam Bunheng said three of the man’s relatives had been placed in medical quarantine at the provincial hos...https://www.voanews.com/science-heal...ound-cambodian

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Source: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/regi...-covid-19-case


British woman is Cambodia's third Covid-19 case
Wednesday, 11 Mar 2020
1:54 PM MYT

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/ANN): Cambodia recorded its third Covid-19 case on Tuesday (March 10) after a 65-year-old British woman contracted the disease while travelling from England to Vietnam.

She entered the kingdom when she travelled aboard the Viking Cruise Journey, a small cruise ship that travelled from Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam to Kampong Cham province last week...

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Source: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/regi...-curb-covid-19

Cambodia bans visitors from five countries in bid to curb Covid-19
Saturday, 14 Mar 2020
4:16 PM MYT

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia on Saturday (March 14) announced restrictions on visitors from five countries for a month in a bid to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 (coronavirus) disease.

"The Ministry of Health decided to temporarily ban foreigners from Italy, Germany, Spain, France and the United States from entering Cambodia for 30 days," Health Minister Mam Bunheng said in a statement...

...To date, Cambodia has recorded a total of seven Covid-19 patients, including a Chinese man, a Cambodian man, three British nationals, a Canadian man, and a Belgian man...

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https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news...cases-12541884

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia reported four new cases of coronavirus including in a four-month-old French boy and two people who had travelled to Malaysia for a religious ceremony, the Ministry of Health said late Sunday (Mar 15).

The baby is the son of a French man who travelled from Paris via Singapore to Phnom Penh and tested positive for the virus earlier on Sunday, the ministry said. His wife tested negative.

A Cambodian man returning from France and two other people returning from the religious ceremony in Malaysia also tested positive, bringing the country's tally of cases to 12, the ministry said.

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Source: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/regi...et-in-malaysia

Cambodia confirms 11 of 12 new Covid-19 cases from prayer meet in Malaysia
Tuesday, 17 Mar 2020
2:26 PM MYT

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/ANN): The Ministry of Health confirmed on Tuesday (March 16) that 12 new Covid-19 positive cases have been identified.

Of the 12 new cases, two were found in Banteay Meanchey, two in Phnom Penh, two in Kampong Chhnang, four in Battambang, one each in Kampot and Tboung Khmum provinces, the Ministry said...

...The kingdom had previously recorded 12 cases, most of which involved foreigners. - The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network.

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Source: https://www.voacambodia.com/a/health...d/5333487.html

Health Ministry: COVID-19 Tally Rises To 35; More Than 1,000 Tests Conducted
18 March 2020
VOA Khmer

The Cambodian Health Ministry confirmed Wednesday morning a total of 35 coronavirus cases in the country, the tally almost tripling in the last 48 hours.

This morning, Health Ministry spokesperson Or Vandine said there were two news cases, both Malaysian nationals. With this, the tally of positive cases increased from 12 cases Sunday evening to 35 as of Wednesday morning.

“Those people's health is fine. There is no noticeable worry,” said Or Vandine.

Late Tuesday evening, the ministry had reported nine cases of the respiratory disease, of which six were Cambodians who had returned from a religious conference in Malaysia earlier this month. The three others who tested positive were Malaysia nationals...