Cambodia closes Angkor temples as outbreak grows
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April 08, 2021 11:31 IST
The ban on local and foreign tourists at the site will last until April 20, the government agency overseeing the archeological site said.
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The ban on local and foreign tourists at the site will last until April 20, the government agency overseeing the archeological site said. Cambodia is closing its most famous attraction, the Angkor temple complex, to visitors because of a growing COVID-19 outbreak in the Southeast Asian nation.
Cambodia has confirmed 3,028 cases of infection with the coronavirus, with 23 deaths, since the pandemic began more than a year ago, but the newest outbreak has infected several hundred people. On Thursday, the Health Ministry said 113 cases were reported from local transmission, with two deaths.
2021-04-08 12:36:01 GMT2021-04-08 20:36:01(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
HONG KONG, April 8 (Xinhua) Asia-Pacific countries are facing growing cases of the COVID-19 pandemic Thursday as India reported 126,789 new infections, the highest of this year, taking the total to 12,928,574.
This is the third time within this week when more than 100,000 new cases were recorded in India. Earlier, 103,558 new cases were reported on Monday, while 115,736 were reported on Wednesday.
Besides, 685 deaths were reported due to the pandemic since Wednesday morning, taking the total death toll to 166,862, said the ministry s data.
The Philippines Department of Health (DOH) reported 9,216 new infections, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 828,366.
PRIME Minister Hun Sen has suggested that vaccinations become “mandatory” if the rate of Covid-19 infection does not subside and that this policy – if adopted – would first be applied to Phnom Penh.
In an audio message on April 6, he said the next step is to maximally suppress infections in Phnom Penh and Kandal province. And to ensure that they are resilient against the disease, he said all vaccines obtained by Cambodia for the foreseeable future will be targeted there.
“In Phnom Penh, we don’t care who you are. We’ve already set our priorities. The next goal is that all people have to be vaccinated. The vaccinations right now are on a voluntary basis. But I think at some point the vaccinations will become mandatory, ” he said.
2021-04-08 08:06:08 GMT2021-04-08 16:06:08(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
PHNOM PENH, April 8 (Xinhua) Cambodia on Thursday confirmed 113 new local COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections in the kingdom to 3,028, said a Ministry of Health (MoH) statement.
Of the new cases, 103 were found in capital Phnom Penh, the statement said.
The MoH also logged two new deaths from the virus at a COVID-19-designated hospital in Phnom Penh on Wednesday. The deceased patients included a 68-year-old man and a 49-year-old man.
The Southeast Asian nation has been enduring the third community COVID-19 outbreak since Feb. 20, with at least 2,496 people infected and 24 dead so far, the MoH said, adding that there are 1,085 active cases in the kingdom.
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