Three cruise ship passengers in Cambodia test positive for virus


The Viking Cruise Journey sailed from Ho Chi Minh on March 5. - Photo supplied

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/ANN): The Ministry of Health announced on Thursday (March 12) that three of the 64 passengers of the Viking Cruise Journey have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Everyone has been put in quarantine.

The Ministry of Health said on Thursday that a 73-year-old Englishman and his 69-year-old wife have tested positive for the virus. The couple has been quarantined at the Kampong Cham provincial hospital.

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