PhnomPenh (VNA) - Cambodia's Ministry of Health on February 9 denied posts on social media that thefainting of a foreigner at the Phnom Penh International Airport was caused by thenovel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).
Spokesman of the Ministry of Health Ly Sovann said that after medicalexamination of the Indian-British man,his fainting was diagnosed to be caused by exhaustion.
Earlier, on February 7, Cambodian mediareported that Jia Jianhua, 60, a Chinese citizen, the first and only person whohas been tested positive for 2019-nCoV, has been gradually recovering and couldbe discharged from hospital as early as next week.
According to Cambodian officials, more than 3,000 Chinese citizens from Wuhan cityhave come to Cambodia since the outbreak of 2019-nCoV-caused acute respiratory disease in China. They arrived in Cambodia before Chinese authorities decidedto close Wuhan city on January 23 in order to prevent the disease fromspreading.
At present, local administrations in Cambodia are keeping a close watch on relatedsituations as part of efforts to fight the disease./.