Cambodia thanks China for assistance in Covid-19 fight

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Sunday, 19 Apr 2020

The Star

Two women wearing face masks, amid concerns over a spread of the coronavirus, are seen pouring water on a Buddha statue as they pray at a pagoda in Phnom Penh. Cambodia has so far recorded a total of 122 confirmed cases of the Covid-19, the govt said on Sunday (April 19). - AFP

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia and China's joint Covid-19 (coronavirus) fight is an outstanding model of cooperation and a positive step towards building a global community of shared future, said a Cambodian ruling party spokesman on Sunday (April 19).

In an interview with Xinhua, Cambodian People's Party (CPP) spokesman Suos Yara said that when China was facing the most difficult time in combating the Covid-19, Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen made a special visit to Beijing on Feb 5 to voice the kingdom's full support for China's fight against the virus.

When the situation of Covid-19 in China has stabilised, China has recently dispatched medical experts and supplies to Cambodia and other countries to help fight the pandemic, he said.

"A friend in need is a friend indeed," Yara said. "The presence of Chinese doctors has given us not only confidence but also warmth to the Cambodian doctors and people."

"This is an outstanding model of cooperation and a positive step towards the success in building a global community of shared future," he added.

Yara, who is also a member of parliament, said the Chinese doctors had brought to their Cambodian counterparts medical skills and techniques, experiences and practices of the laboratory management, outpatient management, strategies and plans to prevent and treat patients as well as the setting up of a remote health consultation system.

"It bares fruitful results as we can see that Cambodia has since the first stage taken an effective prevention measure to contain a possible spread in community level," he said.

Cambodia has so far recorded a total of 122 confirmed cases of the Covid-19, with 105 patients cured, according to a Ministry of Health statement on Sunday.

"As of today, most of the virus patients in Cambodia are imported cases from overseas," he said. - Xinhua/Asian News Network