Phnom Penh (FN), Apr. 24 – At least three Cambodian peacekeepers in Mali were tested positive of Covid-19, spokesperson of the National Centre for Peacekeeping Forces Phal Samorn confirmed to Fresh News on Friday.

“Two of our male peacekeepers and one female are infected with Covid-19. They are sent to a hospital in Bamako under intensive care and treatment by the UN medical team,” Lieutenant General Phal Samorn said.

“80 others in Mali are being tested among the total 300 Cambodian peacekeepers there,” he continued.

Samorn told Fresh News that The Royal Government of Cambodia in April has sent facemasks, sanitizers, and 80 sets of protective suits against Covid-19 to peacekeepers in Mali, where 309 cases of Covid-19 confirmed as of 24 April 2020.

Nowadays, the Kingdom has deployed 800 peacekeepers, 80 female, to Lebanon, South Sudan, Mali and the Central African Republic, working as gendarmeries, observers, and staff in the fields of demining, construction, and airport engineering.

Since 2006, Cambodia has sent over 6,300 peacekeepers, 285 females, to carry out UN peacekeeping missions in Sudan, South Sudan, Lebanon, Cyprus, Syria, Chad, Mali and Central African Republic, according to Cambodia's National Center for Peacekeeping Forces and Explosive Remnants of War Clearance.
=FRESH NEWS