A Chinese journalist was set to be put on a plane and deported Thursday night after publishing an article online saying that China-donated Covid-19 vaccines were being offered for sale.
Sixty-five more cases of Covid-19 were announced Thursday morning, including 58 directly linked to the “community spread” of the February 20 cluster, and six other Chinese nationals who tested positive in Sihanoukville while looking to travel home.
A senior Health Ministry official said on Wednesday that Phnom Penh hospitals were currently at capacity for handling Covid-19 patients, and new patients would be sent to Kandal and Kampong Speu provinces while the ministry prepares more space for them.
The Health Ministry on Wednesday reported 40 new cases of Covid-19, a new high for Cambodia.
More than 20 further locations have been announced as linked to the new Covid-19 outbreak in the capital, with guards and management locking down buildings across Phnom Penh as the number of active coronavirus cases climbed to 118 as of Tuesday morning.
Updated 10:15 a.m. — Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered all schools in Phnom Penh and Kandal province to close down for at least two weeks as the Health Ministry announced 25 more Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, including two who are not in hospital because they either could not be found or refused treatment, and three carrying the more contagious U.K. variant.
Two security guards have been arrested for their alleged involvement in allowing four Chinese women to leave Covid-19 quarantine earlier this month, sparking the latest
Updated 11:50 a.m. — The Health Ministry on Monday reported 35 new cases of Covid-19, including 31 cases connected to the “February 20th” cluster, bringing total active cases to 93, the highest the country has seen so far.
The Health Ministry on Sunday announced 17 new cases of Covid-19 as well as three recoveries, with 15 of the new cases part of the “February 20” cluster linked to a Phnom Penh nightclub and four Chinese women who left quarantine.
UPDATED 7:35 p.m. — Cambodia reported 32 new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday morning, part of a new community cluster linked to a Phnom Penh nightclub and four women, two of whom were found to be positive, and who were allowed by hotel security to leave quarantine.
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