Note: This report is developed by Communicable Disease Control Department, Ministry of Health with the support of the United

States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Institut Pasteur du Cambodge, and the World Health Organization.

Ministry of Health

Surveillance Report – COVID-19

Report Number: 15

Date of Report: 01/04/2020

Highlights

There were no new cases confirmed overnight

1311 contacts of 40 cases have completed 14 days of follow-up

CCDC is negotiating with the three major telcom companies to

provide free calling for MOH contact tracing staff

CCDC will pilot an automated contact tracing system in anticipation

of an increased number of contacts as the epidemic progresses

Confirmed Cases*

To date (01/04/2020), there have been 110 cases of COVID-19; 85 linked to overseas travel, 25 locally

acquired linked to a confirmed case (Figure 1). Confirmed cases have been diagnosed in 13 provinces (see

map). Most confirmed cases have been male (80/110, 73%) and within the age groups of 30-39 (25%) and

60-69 (34%). 6 confirmed cases have been between the ages of 70–79 years.

Figure 1: Confirmed cases of COVID-19 by acquisition status and date of positive test, beginning 03

March 2020 (extracted 01/04/2020)

Overseas acquired cases are reported to have potentially acquired infection in eight countries; France (37),

Malaysia (34), Thailand (5), Vietnam (3), China (1), Austria (1), England (1), Japan (1), with two unclear.

There are eleven nationalities among cases; Cambodian (48), French (36), Malaysian (12), British (5),

American (2), Indonesian (2), Chinese (1), Canadian (1), Belgian (1), Swedish (1), Congolese (1).

Table 1: Known flight details with identified COVID-19 Case Contacts in the last 14 days

Date Origin Airline Flight No. Arrival Time Cases onboard

18/03 REP Lanmei Airlines LQ670 8:10 1

22/03 DXB Emirates Airlines EK370 20:40 1

24/03 DOH Qatar Airways QR970 15:00 3

28/03 DOH Qatar Airways QR970 15:00 1

28/03 NRT All Nippon Airways ANA817 15:00 1

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5

10

15

20

25

30

35

No

. Cas

es

Date of Test

Overseas Acquired

Locally Acquired (Case contact)

Locally Acquired (Unknown)

Under Investigation

Cumulative (New)

Confirmed : 110 (0)

Deaths : 0

Current Contacts

Total number : 642

High risk : 239

Note: This report is developed by Communicable Disease Control Department, Ministry of Health with the support of the United

States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Institut Pasteur du Cambodge, and the World Health Organization.

Contacts

Table 2: Counts of COVID-19 confirmed case contacts currently under follow-up, by case location at

diagnosis

Location of diagnosis of case Current Contacts

# Total (# high risk)

Contacts Reached Today

# Total (# high risk)

Banteay Mean Chey 55 (23) 51 (23)

Battambang 14 (8) 14 (8)

Kampong Cham 45 (25) 45 (25)

Kampong Chhnang 17 (9) 17 (9)

Kampot 0 0

Kandal 7 (6) 7 (6)

Kep 0 0

Koh Kong 0 0

Phnom Penh 188 (37) 102 (34)

Preah Sihanouk 248 (102) 223 (101)

Preah Vihear 0 0

Siem Reap 26 (8) 25 (7)

Tbong Khmum 33 (20) 33 (20)

Thailand 9 (1) 6 (1)

Total 642 (239) 523 (234)

Note: This report is developed by Communicable Disease Control Department, Ministry of Health with the support of the United

States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Institut Pasteur du Cambodge, and the World Health Organization.

Calls to 115 Hotline

The plot below shows the trend in calls to 115 requesting more information about COVID-19 for the period

1-31 March 2020.