PHNOM PENH, Mar 25 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia’s Ministry of Health (MoH), announced late on Tuesday that four more persons were tested positive for COVID-19, raising the total number of confirmed cases to 91.
The new patients included an American couple and two British nationals, who were aboard cruise boat, Viking Cruise Journey, that docked along the Mekong River in Kampong Cham City, in southeast Cambodia’s Kampong Cham province, on Mar 9, the statement said.
They are among 61 passengers and crew, who have been under quarantine at a hotel in Kampong Cham since Mar 10, after three British passengers were tested positive for the virus upon the boat’s arrival.
“Currently, the four new patients have been put in isolation rooms for treatment at the Kampong Cham provincial hospital,” the statement said.
It added that, 53 out of 57 passengers and crew, on Tuesday, were allowed to leave the hotel, where they had been quarantined for 14 days, after testing negative for the virus.
The Viking Cruise Journey, carrying a total of 64 passengers and crew, in seven nationalities, departed Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Mar 5, travelling along the Mekong River and arriving in Kampong Cham City on Mar 9.– NNN-AKP
