Phnom Penh (FN), Jul. 9 – Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen ordered authorities to prevent “Delta” variant from Thailand, addressing in a cabinet’s meeting held online on Friday.

He expressed concern over a surge of COVID19 cases imported by Cambodian workers returning from Thailand.

"We need to strengthen the capacity to curb COVID19 along the Cambodian-Thai border, to thoroughly search for and to prevent the virus from transmitting into the community,” said the premier.

The Kingdom recorded nearly a thousand cases of COVID19 per day. To date, Cambodia has confirmed 59,045 cases of COVID19 with 50,917 recoveries and 855 deaths.
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