Cambodia’s COVID-19 imported cases cause for grave concern with Delta variant running wild in originating country

Cambodia has reported that in Saturday, it has detected a total of 423  imported cases of COVID-19, mostly entering the country through the borer province of O’Smach. O’Smach is the only International Border Checkpoint to allow returning Cambodian migrant workers to walk across the border gate since there is no possibility of border hoppers here due to the unforgiving terrain and minefields.

On Saturday, 161 migrant workers who entered Cambodia through the O’Smach border gate were tested positive and of these, the number of Delta variant infected patients is unknown. Oddar Meanchey, as with many of the border provinces are reeling under the sheer number of daily returnees, officially and unofficially and almost all quarantine centres are packed to the brim that some are being sent all the way to Siem Reap.

Critically ill patients from Oddar Meanchey are also being sent to Siem Reap for treatment and often arrive at the hospital doorstep dead, due to a combination of the advanced nature of the virus infection as well as other underlying conditions and advanced age.

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