Cambodia confirms 2 more COVID-19 cases, bringing total cases to 7

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PHNOM PENH, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's Ministry of Health announced in a press statement on Friday that two more foreigners were tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of the infections in the country to seven.

The results of the Pasteur Institute of Cambodia released on Friday afternoon showed that a 49-year-old Canadian man and a 33-year-old Belgian man were positive for the COVID-19, the statement said, adding that the two men are in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia.

"The two COVID-19-positive men were put in isolation rooms at the Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital (in Phnom Penh) for treatment," it said, adding that the health authorities are searching for people who had direct or indirect contacts with them.

To date, Cambodia has recorded a total of seven COVID-19 patients, including a Chinese man, a Cambodian man, three British nationals, a Canadian man, and a Belgian man. Enditem

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