Buddhists bathe a Buddha statue at the Ounalom Pagoda during the first day of the three-day Khmer New Year holiday amid ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on April 14, 2021. The Ministry of Health has called on people to celebrate the New Year at home as Cambodia has seen a sharp rise in new cases. The kingdom logged 178 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday. (Photo by Sovannara/Xinhua)

Cambodia reports 178 new COVID-19 cases, 2 more deaths

April 15th, 8:48am April 15th, 8:48am

Xinhua Net

Health

Cambodia on Wednesday logged 178 new COVID-19 cases and two more deaths, the country’s Ministry of Health (MoH) said in a statement.

The new cases included 177 local cases — mostly in capital Phnom Penh and one imported case, the statement said, adding that the imported case was detected on a 47-year-old Cambodian man returning from Thailand on Monday.

In the latest move, the country required people in Svay Rieng province to wear face masks in the public and in businesses, saying that the province has been determined as the high-risk COVID-19 area of infections.

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