Cambodian health authorities trace contacts after Covid-19 scare

A ferry service transports passengers and vehicles along the Mekong River in Phnom Penh on Sept 25, 2020. Cambodian health authorities plan to trace and test more than 80 people for Covid-19 after a Hungarian man with the virus caused a scare by leaving quarantine. - AFP

PHNOM PENH, Sept 28 (dpa): Cambodian health authorities plan to trace and test more than 80 people for Covid-19 after a Hungarian man with the virus caused a scare by leaving quarantine.

Cambodia's Health Ministry on Monday (Sept 28) said they had found no new cases of the coronavirus, but in a statement on Sunday detailed efforts to find people who may have had contact with an infected patient.