PHNOM PENH, Mar 10 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodian Prime Minister, Samdech Techo Hun Sen, said, all public and private schools in Siem Reap City in northwest Siem Reap province were temporarily closed after a local man was infected with COVID-19.
“More than 110 schools have been closed,” he said in a speech, during the inauguration ceremony of a national road in northwest Pursat province.
He said, the Angkor Sangkran festival, previously scheduled to be held at the Angkor Archaeological Park, to celebrate the Khmer New Year in mid-Apr, was also cancelled.
The moves came after Cambodian Health Minister, Mam Bunheng confirmed that, a 38-year-old Cambodian man, living in Siem Reap City, was tested positive for the COVID-19.
It was the second confirmed case of COVID-19 in Cambodia. On Jan 27, a 60-year-old Chinese man from the central Chinese city of Wuhan was tested positive for the virus, but he was discharged from hospital on Feb 10, after completely recovering from the disease.
He said, the man had infected the virus from a 40-year-old Japanese man, who travelled to Siem Reap on Feb 28, and was tested positive for the virus by the Japanese health authorities on Mar 4, when he returned to Japan.
The local man is being treated at Siem Reap provincial referral hospital.
Hun Sen said, he would visit Siem Reap City, but did not give an exact date.
He also renewed his calls on the people not to panic and advised them to practice hygiene, in order to protect themselves from COVID-19.
