Asia Today: Cambodia tracks contacts after family infected
PHNOM PEHN, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian officials say a family of six and another man tested positive for the coronavirus in a rare case of local infection, and Prime Minister Hun Sen expressed concern that the woman believed to be the source had traveled extensively in the country, including the capital.
The 56-year-old woman's husband works at the Interior Ministry in charge of prisons. Hun Sen, who himself just emerged from isolation after he was exposed to the infected Hungarian foreign minister, said his three Cabinet ministers will get tested and self-quarantine.
The Health Ministry said in a statement that the woman tested positive three days after becoming feverish. She had been traveling between Siam Reap and Phnom Penh.
Hun Sen also ordered the temporary shutdown of a mall in Phnom Penh, which the woman visited last week.
Cambodia has had 315 confirmed cases, most of them acquired abroad.
In other developments in the Asia-Pacific region:
— India has reported 41,180 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, with the daily toll staying below the 50,000-mark for the fourth week. The capital of New Delhi also got some respite as it added fewer than 5,000 cases for the first time in a month. The New Delhi government decided that half its employees, barring senior officials, will be allowed to work from home from Monday. India reported another 496 deaths in the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 136,696. India’s coronavirus tally has crossed 9.3 million, second behind the U.S. In an effort to stop the virus from spreading, the Home Ministry allowed states to impose local restrictions.
— A Chinese factory owned by South Korean semiconductor firm SK Hynix has halted operations after an employee was found to be infected with the coronavirus. According...
