Cambodia recorded more new Omicron cases, bringing the total to 69 cases of the new variant.
Todays official daily new COVID case total (diagnosed by PCR test) was 3, bringing the COVID case total to 120,510 cases.
Fears of a ‘local’ Omicron outbreak in Cambodia are rising with the escalating Omicron situation in direct neighbour Thailand – where foreign ‘super-spreaders’ have been held responsible for at least 350 Omicron cases and total new variant cases have surged to at least 1000.
However, despite detecting over 60 cases of the Omicron variant so far, the government says it will not impose a lockdown or work from home precaution like Thailand.
Ministry of Health spokesman Hok Kimcheng told Khmer Times ‘The high vaccination coverage, practicing the 3 Do’s, 3 Don’ts, following government preventive guidelines, getting fully vaccinated and taking booster shots…
