Cambodia: Over 600 in contact with Hungarian FM, test negative for Covid-19

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, left, greets Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen prior to a meeting at Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. - AP

PHNOM PENH (Xinhua): Cambodia's Ministry of Health (MoH) announced on Thursday (Nov 5) that more than 600 people, who came into contact with Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto who recently visited Cambodia, tested negative for the Covid-19.

Szijjarto, who visited Cambodia on Tuesday, reportedly tested positive for the Covid-19 on the same day after arriving in Thailand from Cambodia on his Asian tour, the MoH said in a press statement.