Cambodia says all COVID-19 patients recovered, no new cases for per month
17 May, 2020
Cambodia's last patient with the brand new coronavirus has recovered and left a healthcare facility, leaving the Southeast Asian country with zero cases, medical ministry said on Saturday (May 16), while urging continued vigilance.
No easing of restrictions related to the virus - including school closures and border entry checks and quarantines - were contained in the Ministry of Health statement.
Cambodia has reported 122 cases of COVID-19 and no deaths from the disease because it emerged in China and started spreading all over the world, infecting a lot more than 4.5 million and killing about 300,000 since January.
A 36-year-old woman from Cambodia's northwestern province of Banteay Meanchey premiered from the Khmer Soviet Friendship Hospital in the capital, Phnom Penh, and was presented to the media in a livestream on Saturday, thanking medical authorities.
Cambodia's last reported new case was on Apr 12. A complete of 14,684 tests have already been done since January, the ministry said.
Health Minister Mam Bunheng urged persons to stay vigilant and take precautions such as for example not gathering in large groups.
"We think that most of the cases, generally, are imported, so we should be cautious with all checkpoints at the border, at airports, at ports, at land checkpoints," Mam Bunheng told reporters.
"People who travel from abroad must have a certificate confirming that they don't really have COVID-19. Only then would we permit them in, as soon as they are in, they'll be quarantined for another 14 days," he said.
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