Phnom Penh (FN), Mar. 7 – Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered the two-week closures of schools in Siem Reap province to curb the spread of Covid-19, according to Health Minster Mam Bun Heng.

Health minister said at the press conference on Saturday evening held at the Ministry of Health.

Cambodia confirmed Saturday the first case of Covid-19, found on a 38-year-old Cambodian man believed to be transmitted from the Japanese man.

Ministry of Health recently quarantined four people in Siem Reap province who had been in contacts with the Japanese man positive with Covid-19. The other three were tested negative.

On 4 March, a Japanese man at his 40s was tested positive with Covid-19 up on arrival in Japan after taking flight from Siem Reap province in Cambodia via Vietnam, reported Kyodo News.
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