Cambodian health ministry says no need to panic over Omicron variant


Covid-19 patients are seen at the Premier Centre Sen Sok in Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district in August. - PPP

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post): The Ministry of Health will advocate essentially the same preventive measures against the new SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant as with earlier strains, its senior official said.

Or Vandine, the ministry’s spokeswoman, said the ministry and other relevant institutions were continuing to monitor the Omicron variant, though scientists and the World Health Organization (WHO) have yet to confirm what the effects of the new variant are on the human body.

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