Jia Jianhua Tells Doctors Xiè xiè, or Thank You

Jia Jianhua Tells Doctors Xiè xiè, or Thank You

Jia Jianhua, 60, the first and so far only recorded coronavirus victim in Cambodia is now well on his way to full recovery and has expressed his appreciation to doctors and the Cambodian Government.

The director of the Preah Sihanouk provincial health department said that the Chinese man was found to be carrying the coronavirus and has thanked Cambodia through WeChat from the Preah Sihanouk Provincial Referral Hospital on the evening of January 30, 2020.

He arrived from Wuhan with three other family members in Sihanoukville, on January 23, 2020. After two days, he developed an unusual fever and was taken by a health official to be tested for coronavirus on January 27, 2020.

70 other passengers who were on the same flight were declared to be free of the virus.

In a separate room of the Sihanouk Provincial Referral Hospital, he received intensive medical attention from the Khmer doctors and was visited by Health Minister Mam Bun Heng.