Omnious day: Cambodia sees first Omicron deaths on anniversary of Feb 20 Event

February 20 is turning out to be an ominous day for Cambodia with the first two cases of deaths from Omicron reported yesterday, exactly a year after the start of the devastating Community Event. In a statement yesterday the Ministry of Health confirmed that two patients died from Omicron because no other Covid-19 variant had been detected in the Kingdom since January.

It did not reveal details of the two victims but said both had been fully vaccinated with two doses. This tragic day also saw another unwanted record being broken with Cambodia reporting the highest ever Omicron daily total of 736 infections of which 730 are community cases and six are imported.

Within a very short span since November, Cambodia has recorded 6,048 cases of Omicron – 715 imported and 5,333 community ones. There are now 3,003 active Covid-19 cases (diagnosed by PCR test) in the Kingdom – and the number of active cases is rapidly growing.

February 20 last year marked the beginning of the massive spread of coronavirus in the country.

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