Migrant workers returning from Thailand through O’Smach border checkpoint in Banteay Meanchey province. - Phnom Penh Post/ANN
PHNOM PENH, June 20 (Phnomm Penh Post/ANN): The Delta variant of the novel coronavirus, first identified in India and previously known as B.1.617.2, has been detected in seven Cambodian migrant workers who recently returned from Thailand through border checkpoints, the Ministry of Health has announced.
The ministry said the seven cases have been found in five different provinces – one in Banteay Meanchey, two in Oddar Meanchey, two in Siem Reap, one in Kampong Cham and another in Kampot. The results have been confirmed by the Institut pasteur du Cambodge on June 18.
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