13 Dec 2023. The Ministry of Health has stated that a 28-year-old man living in Phnom Penh has tested positive for Monkey Pox. He developed genital warts, which spread to the right neck, cheeks, forearms and legs, and sought medical advice at the hospital and was sent to the Institute of National Public Health for testing on December 11, 2023 and after receiving a positive result of the Monkey Pox virus, the patient was placed in isolation.