Cambodia confirms 3 cases of COVID-19 variant detected in India

Source: Xinhua| 2021-06-04 23:51:58|Editor: huaxia

PHNOM PENH, June 4 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia on Friday confirmed the first three cases of a more infectious COVID-19 variant, B.1.617, which first emerged in India, Health Minister Mam Bunheng said in a statement.

"On June 4, 2021, laboratory testing by the Pasteur Institute in Cambodia found new COVID-19 variant B1617 on three patients, who are Cambodian laborers coming back from Thailand via a land border," he said.

The patients included two women, aged 27 and 43, and one man aged 46, the minister said, adding that two of them are undergoing treatment at hospitals in Battambang province and one receiving treatment at a hospital in Oddar Meanchey province.

The B1617, informally dubbed the "double mutant," was declared as a variant of concern last month by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Cambodia has so far logged a total of 33,075 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 242 deaths and 25,544 recoveries, according to the health ministry said. Enditem

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