Workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) carry disinfectant to spray at the Orussey market, after it was temporarily closed following a few vendors testing positive for the Covid-19 coronavirus, in Phnom Penh on April 4, 2021. - AFP
PHNOM PENH (Reuters): Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered health officials on Tuesday (April to prepare to treat coronavirus patients at home, as the country's biggest COVID-19 outbreak so far tests the capacity of its fragile healthcare system.
Cambodia had one of the world's smallest coronavirus caseloads until six weeks ago, but an outbreak in late February has led to its first 22 Covid-19 deaths and a five-fold jump in cases to 2,824.
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