Phnom Penh (VNA) – Cambodia has lifted a ban on entry of visitors from Iran, Italy,Germany, Spain, France and the US that had been put in place to curb the spread of the COVID-19, the Health Ministry said on May 20.
However,foreign visitors would still need to present a certificate no more than 72hours old confirming that they are not infected with the coronavirus and proofof 50,000 USD worth of health insurance while in Cambodia, the ministry said.
They alsowould be quarantined for 14 days after arrival at government-designated facilitiesand tested for the virus, it added, but did not specify where.
The Cambodian HealthMinistry said that the last COVID-19 patient has recovered and been dischargedfrom hospital on May 16, leaving the country with zero cases.
Cambodia willreopen all museums in June after it has found no new COVID-19 infections formore than a month, Health Minister Mam Bunheng said.
In a lettersent to Culture Minister Phoeurng Sackona on May 19 and released to the media one day later, Bunheng said Cambodian Prime MinisterHun Sen approved the reopening of the museums last week.
To avoid therisks of new COVID-19 infections, Bunheng advised all museums to follow healthand hygiene measures by screening visitors’ body temperature, providing them with alcohol orantibacterial gel for handwashing, and keeping social distancing among them.
On the sameday, Indonesia launched its domestically-made medical equipment to fasten thecountry’s efforts to handle the outbreak.
Pieces of theequipment, comprising rapid diagnostic test kits, polymerase chain reaction(PCR) kits and artificial intelligence (AI) to triage COVID-19 patients, aredeveloped by the Research and Technology Ministry's consortium for the COVID-19studies, including state-owned enterprises, private companies, universities andresearch institutes.
Research andTechnology Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro said at a virtual launching event he hoped the products can mark the awakening ofIndonesia's innovation./.
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