Cambodia: All Covid-19 patients recovered, country free of virus


Life is back to normal as people sitting in a motor-cart travelling along a street in Phnom Penh are seen going to work and go about their daily life on Saturday (May 16). The government announced that the country is free from the Covid-19 disease after all patients have recovered and no cases over the last one month. - AFP

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's last patient with the new coronavirus has recovered and left hospital, leaving the South-East Asian country with zero cases, the Health Ministry said on Saturday (May 16), while urging continued vigilance.

No easing of restrictions related to the virus - including school closures and border entry checks and quarantines - were included in the Ministry of Health statement.

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