Cambodia extends ban on visitors from US and Iran to curb Covid-19 pandemic

An elderly woman is seen feeding stray cats near a pagoda in Phnom Penh on Saturday (April 18). Cambodia has announced that the country extended a ban on foreign travellers from the US, Iran, and four European countries in a bid to stem the spread of the Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak. - AFP

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia has announced that the country extended a ban on foreign travellers from the United States, Iran, and four European countries in a bid to stem the spread of the Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak, according to its Foreign Ministry.

In a statement to the ambassadors, consul-generals, and honorary consults of Cambodia to foreign countries, Foreign Ministry secretary of state Sea Kosal told them to extend the ban on foreigners coming to Cambodia from the United States, Iran, Italy, Germany, Spain, and France until further notice.