Phnom Penh (FN), Mar. 9 – At least 22 people who are close to the 38-year-old Cambodian man and the Japanese man infected with Covid-19 in Siem Reap province were tested negative, according to Cambodian Health Ministry’s spokesperson Or Vandine on Monday.

The test results were the joint collaboration among the Ministry of Health of Cambodia, the World Health Organisation, the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Institut Pasteur in Cambodia.

The Kingdom confirmed late Saturday the first case of Covid-19 on a 38-year-old Cambodian man in Siem Reap province. The 38-year old was among the four people directly had contacts with the Japanese man. The three others were tested negative.

It is worth recalling that on 4 March, a Japanese man at his 40s was tested positive with Covid-19 up on arrival in Japan after taking flight from Cambodia’s Siem Reap via Vietnam.
=FRESH NEWS