PHNOM PENH, Aug 31 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia confirmed one new imported case of COVID-19 on Monday, raising the total number of infections in the kingdom to 274, the Health Ministry said in a statement.
The latest case was detected on a 30-year-old Frenchman, who arrived in the country on Aug 30 (yesterday) from France, with a connecting flight in China’s Taiwan region, the statement said.
“His samples were tested, and the result showed that he was positive for COVID-19,” it said.
Currently, the man is undergoing treatment at an isolation ward, in the Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital in the capital Phnom Penh, it said, adding that the remaining 80 passengers on the same flight have been placed under a 14-day mandatory quarantine at various quarantine centres in the capital.
The Southeast Asian nation has so far recorded a total of 274 confirmed COVID-19 cases, the statement said, adding that, none have died and 266 have recovered.– NNN-AKP
