Phnom Penh (FN), Mar. 14 – The 49-year-old Canadian staff at CIS was tested positive of Covid-19 on 13 March 2020. Fortunately, his two kids were tested negative of the virus, according to results released on 14 March.

Or Vandine, secretary of state and spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health, told Fresh News on Saturdays.

The 49-year-old Canadian man recently visited Thailand. He arrived Cambodia on 9 March 2020. He contacted the medical team on 11 March as he felt unwell. On 13 March, he was confirmed positive.

Cambodia has confirmed seven cases of Covid-19, including:

1. a 60-year-old Chinese man tested positive on 27 January when he flew from Wuhan to Sihanoukville. However, he recovered and returned home.

2. a 38-year-old Cambodian man in Siem Reap on 7 March, believed to be transmitted from the Japanese businessman. He is being hospitalised in Siem Reap hospital.

3. a 65-year-old British woman, a passenger on Viking Cruise Journey, was tested positive on 10 March 2020 in Kompong Cham province. The woman was infected with the virus from a Vietnamese woman who flew by plane together from London to Hanoi on 2 March. On 5 March, the 65-year-old flew from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh before taking the cruise from Ho Chi Minh to Phnom Penh and then to Kompong Cham.

4. a 73-year-old British man on Viking Cruise Journey tested positive on 11 March in Kompong Cham.

5. a 69-year old British woman on Viking Cruise Journey tested positive on 11 March in Kompong Cham.

6. a 49-year-old Canadian man tested positive on 13 March in Phnom Penh.

7. a 33-year old Belgian man tested positive on 13 March in Phnom Penh.
=FRESH NEWS