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.
At the request of the British Embassy, a 65-year-old British woman who was on the same cruise ship tested positive on Tuesday and was transferred to a Phnom Penh hospital at the request of the British embassy.