(Khmer Times photo)PHNOM PENH: More than 3,000 Chinese nationals flew into Cambodia from Wuhan after the coronavirus outbreak, before Chinese authorities locked down the city on Thursday to contain its spread, officials said. The State Secretariat of Civil Aviation on Tuesday confirmed Chinese aviation data that approximately 3,078 Chinese left Wuhan city before the lockdown, the Khmer Times reported on Wednesday. It said more than 20,000 Chinese nationals flew from Wuhan to Thailand, nearly 10,000 to Singapore, and more than 12,000 to Japan and South Korea. Secretariat spokesman Chea Oun said on Tuesday that these Chinese nationals travelled to Cambodia from Wuhan before the Chinese authorities announced a temporary ban on flights out of the city on Thursday. Oun expressed concern over the situation because the authorities do not know if any of the Chinese nationals had been exposed to the virus in Wuhan before flying out.

Source: Bangkok Post January 29, 2020 09:56 UTC