PHNOM PENH — The Ministry of Health of Cambodia announced on March 11 that a 50-year-old Covid-19 patient whose case was linked to the February 20 community transmission had died.
In a press release, the ministry said this was the first Covid-19-related death ever confirmed in the country.
“On March 11, at 10:40am, a 50-year-old Cambodian man died from Covid-19 at the Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital,” it said.
The deceased patient resided in Chak Angre commune of Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district. He was a driver for a Chinese business owner in Preah Sihanouk province whose case was also linked to the community outbreak.
Health ministry spokeswoman Or Vandine was not immediately avai…
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