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HONG KONG, April 13-- Cambodia's medical student Sok Sambo volunteered to work as an interpreter for the Chinese COVID-19 medical team in Cambodia without hesitation, though he knew the job had high risks. "This is my meager contribution to help my motherland fight the virus," said Sambo, a medical student at Guangxi Medical University in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The seven-member team of Chinese doctors, along with tons of medical supplies, arrived in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, in late March to help combat the bruising pandemic when the Southeast Asian kingdom reported 86 infections by then. ROLE MODEL During their stay in Cambodia, the Chinese medical team visited designated hospitals, communities and testing agencies to carry out epidemiological investigations and review the diagnosis and treatment process of the hospitals. "We have gone through the entire treatment process twice, including admission to hospital, triage and sample testing," said Ai Xiang, leader of the Chinese medical team in Cambodia. The medical experts also visited the Cambodian Ministry of Health to discuss the COVID-19 prevention and treatment system with local officials and medical workers. As hundreds of thousands of Cambodian migrant workers have been leaving Phnom Penh for their home provinces to celebrate the Khmer New Year, which falls on April 14-16 this year, how to prevent the spread of the virus during the holiday exodus became an urgent task, he said. | 
