COVID-19 PANDEMIC: ASEAN UPDATES- Thailand logs 1 new Covid import Thursday
Police officers wearing masks secure the area during a demonstration to demand for change in the constitution on the 88th anniversary of a revolt that ended absolute monarchy, in front of the parliament building in Bangkok on Wednesday. (Reuters photo)
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PHNOM PENH: COVID-19 patient recovers
The Ministry of Health has announced that one of the three outstanding COVID-19 patients, who recently tested positive, has fully recovered, bringing the Kingdom’s total recoveries to 128.
According to the Health Ministry’s statement issued yesterday, the 21-year-old man who returned from Malaysia to Phnom Penh on June 16 has fully recovered after testing negative for COVID-19 twice.
The man was discharged from the Khmer-Soviet Hospital in Phnom Penh yesterday.
Cambodia has a total of 130 COVID-19 cases, of which 128 have recovered.
In a statement, ministry spokeswoman Or Vandine urged people to be vigilant and protect themselves against the deadly disease.
In addition, the government also warned citizens not to forget to protect themselves against the disease and continue with hygienic practises.
It also urged people to continue following measures to prevent the spread of the virus, warning that a second wave of COVID-19 could occur anytime and anywhere, if guidelines are not followed.
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Thailand logs 1 new Covid import Thursday
Police officers wearing masks secure the area during a demonstration to demand for change in the constitution on the 88th anniversary of a revolt that ended absolute monarchy, in front of the parliament building in Bangkok on Wednesday. (Reuters photo)
Thailand on Thursday reported one new coronavirus case detected in a Thai national returning from abroad, taking the country to 31 days without a local transmission.
The new case was a male student, 24, who returned to Thailand from Egypt on June 9, said Panprapa Yongtrakul, a spokeswoman for the government’s Covid-19 Administration Centre.
He was found to have contracted the virus on Tuesday, after his second test, while in quarantine under a state programme in Chon Buri. He was asymptomatic, she said.
The novel coronavirus has killed 58 people in Thailand since it was first detected in January, among 3,158 infections, of which 3,038 patients have recovered.
Twelve people were added to the tally of recovered cases in the past 24 hours, leaving 62 hospitalised.
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Virus-free Vietnam still bars foreign tourists
In this file photo taken on May 19, 2020 a taxi driver wearing a face mask looks on from behind a plastic screen as a preventive measure against the spread of Covid-19 novel coronavirus, in Hanoi. (AFP)
HANOI: Despite successfully containing its Covid-19 outbreak, Vietnam has no plans to open up to international tourists yet over fears that doing so could lead to a second wave of infections, the Southeast Asian country’s prime minister said on Wednesday.
Thanks to an aggressive, targeted testing programme and a centralised quarantine system, Vietnam has contained infections numbers to a relatively low 352 cases, most of whom have recovered. There have been no reported deaths.
“There is no story of rushing to open the doors,” Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said in a statement posted to the government website on Wednesday.
“Vietnam is not yet ready to welcome back international tourists. Foreign experts, high level workers and investors into Vietnam are welcomed but will be closely monitored.”
Highly skilled foreign experts such as engineers have been allowed to enter Vietnam on special flights and quarantine at hotels in a bid to keep the economy afloat throughout the global pandemic. Phuc said the frequency of such flights should be increased.
For over two months, Vietnam has reported no community transmission of the coronavirus. In early June, Vietnam said it was planning to resume flights to some virus-free countries that had registered no cases of coronavirus for 30 days or more.
Other Southeast Asian countries with slowing infections are considering travel bubble arrangements in the months ahead, such as Malaysia and Thailand, to include countries such as China, South Korea and Japan.
Thailand has been 31 days without a domestic transmission and will allow entry of some short-term business travellers and medical tourists from next month.
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