Tourists go to the Angkor temple in Cambodia. (Reuters)
The Health Ministry traced the outbreak to a overseas resident who broke resort quarantine to go to a nightclub in February.
- PTI Phnom Penh (Cambodia)
- Last Updated:April 08, 2021, 10:54 IST
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Cambodia is closing its most well-known attraction, the Angkor temple advanced, to guests due to a rising Covid-19 outbreak within the Southeast Asian nation.
Cambodia has confirmed 3,028 instances of an infection with the coronavirus, with 23 deaths, because the pandemic started greater than a 12 months in the past, however the latest outbreak has contaminated a number of hundred folks. On Thursday, the Health Ministry stated 113 instances have been reported from native transmission, with two deaths.
The ministry traced the outbreak to a overseas resident who broke resort quarantine to go to a nightclub in February. That brought on a slew of infections and led the federal government to shut public colleges, cinemas, bars and leisure areas in Phnom Penh.
The closures have been prolonged as the outbreak grows daily, a defunct resort has been transformed right into a 500-room coronavirus hospital, and authorities are imposing legal punishments for violating well being guidelines. The temples at Angkor, constructed between the ninth and fifteenth centuries, are Cambodia’s greatest vacationer attraction, although the pandemic has diminished the variety of guests dramatically. The ban on native and overseas vacationers on the website will final till April 20, the federal government company overseeing the archeological website stated.
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