Cambodia's Ministry of Health announced in a press statement late on Sunday that four more persons tested positive for the new coronavirus, raising the total number of the confirmed cases to 12, Xinhua reports. According to the statement, the boy's mother tested negative for the virus. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen issued a directive late on Sunday, advising people not to travel to Europe, the United States and Iran if unnecessary. Civil servants at all ministries and state institutions are not allowed to attend all types of meetings in Europe, the United States and Iran, he said. "For civil servants and Cambodian people who have just returned home from countries in Europe, the United States and Iran, they must self-isolate for 14 days from the day of their arrivals to Cambodia," Hun Sen said.

Source: The Standard March 16, 2020 02:56 UTC