The Ministry of Health On Thursday reported that an Indonesian man has tested positive for Covid-19.

In a press release, the ministry said the 26-year-old man had taken a plane from Indonesia to Cambodia via Singapore. He arrived on Tuesday and was staying at a hotel in Sihanoukville.

“The result of his test provided by the Institut Pasteur du Cambodge in Phnom Penh came out positive. He is being treated at the Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital [in Phnom Penh],” it said.

The ministry said 112 passengers, 23 of them women, had travelled with the man on the flight. They tested negative for Covid-19, but have been quarantined at the Hun Sen Borey 100 Khnong High School and Phnom Penh hotels. One passenger stayed at the Singapore embassy.

As of Thursday, there have been a total of 281 Covid-19 cases in the Kingdom. Of the number, 276 had been discharged from hospitals.

Ministry spokesperson Or Vandine told The Post on Thursday that of the five remaining patients, two were Indonesian and are being treated at the Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital. A Hungarian man and a French man are being treated at the Siem Reap Referral Hospital, while a Cambodian woman who arrived from the US is being treated at the Battambang Referral Hospital.

She called on those self-isolating at home and those quarantining at centres to strictly implement the ministry guidelines.

She explained that disobeying the guidelines, such as travelling or having contact with others during quarantine or isolation, could lead to community transmission.