Cambodia reports 2 coronavirus cases linked to tabligh gathering
CORONAVIRUS | Cambodia has announced two cases of Covid-19 infections which are linked to the three-day tabligh gathering a the Sri Petaling mosque in Kuala Lumpur earlier this month.
The two are part of four new cases detected by the country, bringing the total number of cases in Cambodia to 12...
CORONAVIRUS | Cambodia has announced two cases of Covid-19 infections which are linked to the three-day tabligh gathering a the Sri Petaling mosque in Kuala Lumpur earlier this month.
The two are part of four new cases detected by the country, bringing the total number of cases in Cambodia to 12.
According to Xinhua, two of the patients had returned to northwest Cambodia's Preah Vihear province from Kuala Lumpur on March 3.
Quoting a statement from Cambodia’s Health Ministry, the duo have been isolated for treatment.
The remaining two new cases there comprised a Cambodian citizen who returned from France and a four-month-old French boy whose father had previously tested positive after also returning from France.
About 16,000 people had attended the Sri Petaling mosque gathering, including 14,500 Malaysians.
According to Malaysiakini sources, some 79 Cambodians attended the tabligh event.
Malaysia has the highest number of cases in Southeast Asia and the fourth highest in Asia following a spike in recorded coronavirus cases after China, South Korea and Japan.
According to the Health Ministry, the increase in severity of the outbreak in the country has seen Malaysia move to the late containment stage which allowed for drastic action such as the use of law to compel a person to undergo observation.
As of yesterday, Malaysia saw 190 new cases, bringing the total of recorded cases to 428, of which 42 have recovered and been discharged from hospital.
However, several local participants of the tabligh gathering denied culpability, suggesting foreigners who attended the event could have brought the infection into the country with them and contributed to the spread.
The new Perikatan Nasional government will convene a special meeting today to discuss further measures needed to contain infections.
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