Cambodia closes Angkor temples as Covid-19 outbreak grows

The temples at Angkor, built between the 9th and 15th centuries, are Cambodia’s biggest tourist attraction. - AP

PHNOM PENH (Xinhua): Cambodia is closing its most famous attraction, the Angkor temple complex, to visitors because of a growing Covid-19 outbreak in the Southeast Asian nation.

Cambodia has confirmed 3,028 cases of infection with the coronavirus, with 23 deaths, since the pandemic began more than a year ago, but the newest outbreak has infected several hundred people.