PHNOM PENH, Nov 15 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodian Prime Minister, Samdech Techo Hun Sen, said yesterday, he decided to donate two million face masks and other medical supplies to Laos, to help it combat COVID-19.
“Ministry of Health Secretary of State, Youk Sambath will fly the materials to Laos tomorrow,” he was quoted as saying, by a Fresh News report.
The Cambodian prime minister said, the decision was made after Lao Prime Minister, Thongloun Sisoulith, phoned him to ask about his health.
Hun Sen, who is in a 14-day self-quarantine since Nov 4, a day after his meeting with COVID-19-infected visiting Hungarian Foreign Minister, Peter Szijjarto, said, he was negative for the virus, in his third test conducted yesterday.
Meanwhile, Youk Sambath said that, some 1,195 people, who had direct and indirect connections with Szijjarto’s visit on Nov 3, were negative for the virus in their third tests yesterday.
The Southeast Asian nation has so far recorded a total of 302 confirmed COVID-19 cases, the Ministry of Health said, adding that, none have died and 289 have recovered from the pandemic.– NNN-AKP
