Govt sets up another treatment centre to cope with influx of virus patients.

DEPUTY commander of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces Hun manet has been leading a working group to set up another Covid-19 treatment site for minor cases.

In a Facebook post uploaded yesterday, he said: “In these difficult circumstances, our team has no right to take a rest yet.”

manet said the team had finished the second step to setting up the centre.

nearly 2,600 beds were added for treatment of patients at the Koh pich Convention and exhibition Centre.

He said the team had continued to set up another Covid-19 treatment centre in phnom penh’s Daun penh district.

“The working team and I hoped that the infection and spread of Covid-19 will end soon, so the locations we set up will not be required to be used.

“However, we will make efforts to set up these locations quickly for the treatment of people infected with Covid-19,” he added.

Last Sunday, Cambodia began setting up thousands of hospital beds in two wedding party halls to cope with an influx of patients in a country that up until recently had largely managed to contain infections.

“The ministry of Health has decided to use the premiere Centre Sen Sok to prepare for the Covid-19 treatment centre which can accommodate more than 1,500 Covid-19 patients,” Cambodia national television TVK said on Sunday, citing a health official.

earlier last week, the government also turned another wedding venue, the Koh pich centre, into a field hospital housing about 1,800 beds.