Phnom Penh (FN), Feb. 24 – The President of the Cambodian Youth Party Pich Sros told CEO of Fresh News Lim Chea Vutha on Monday that his party had already submitted a letter to the Malaysian Embassy in Cambodia, requesting for a clarification on test results on the 83-year-old American woman who was a passenger aboard the Westerdam ship.

“After chaos for a cruise ship of passengers and crew, an 83-year-old American woman who was said to have tested positive for coronavirus in Malaysia has been re-tested and "never had coronavirus to our knowledge,” the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told USA TODAY on late Friday.

Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs also rejected the assertion made by several foreign media and institutions that Cambodia may have allowed passengers carrier of the virus to leave the Westerdam cruise ship, which increased global coronavirus spread, according to the press release issued on 24 February 2020.
=FRESH NEWS