Rights groups appeal for prisons testing, as Hun Sen solicits vaccine funds
Three international and domestic rights groups said the government must test prisoners who may have been exposed to an Interior Ministry official who had the disease, with Prime Minister Hun Sen focused on soliciting funds for vaccine acquisitions. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://cambojanews.com/rights-groups-appeal-for-prisons-testing-as-hun-sen-solicits-vaccine-funds/
Join Statement "Cambodia: Urgently Protect Prisoners from COVID-19"
On 09 December 2020 – Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) call on the Royal Government of Cambodia to take urgent action to safeguard the right to health of people in detention, prison ...
Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO)
MoH: Announcement on the prevention measures and health protection for the prisoners in the context of COVID-19
On 10 December 2020, the Ministry of Health released a public announcement responded to a joint-statement of Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) on “Cambodia: Urgently Protect Prisoners from COVID-19“, issued on 09 ...
Ministry of Health
Ministry explains new UK Covid-19 strain
Ministry of Health spokeswoman Or Vandine addressed the new mutation of the Covid-19 virus that was found in England, saying that research was underway in multiple countries. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-explains-new-uk-covid-19-strain
Recovered Covid patients ‘may relapse’
The Ministry of Health has claimed that as many as 10 to 15 per cent of recovered Covid-19 patients could potentially suffer a spontaneous relapse which would again render the virus communicable. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/recovered-covid-patients-may-relapse
Ministry of Health reopens shops relating to November 28 incident
Minister of Health Mam Bunheng has announced today that shops and restaurants related to the community transmission on November 28 are now allowed to reopen starting today. ...
Rhea Mae Soco
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50797685/ministry-of-health-reopens-shops-relating-to-november-28-incident/
Cambodia a safe tourist destination as WHO praises C-19 pandemic impact management
Cambodia is a safe tourist destination with the Kingdom ranked by the World Health Organization (WHO) as among the top nations in the world with the best COVID-19 containment and impact management. .. ...
Civil servants’ expense stipends cut
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday issued a sub-decree on steps to reduce government spending for domestic and foreign missions for national and sub-national administrations due to COVID-19. It set the rules and procedures for implementation of the expense budget for civil servant missions to ...
Khann Chan Virak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50803609/civil-servants-expense-stipends-cut/
Announcement on the suspension of education, technical and vocational, and training institutions in Prey Veng, Kampong Cham and Koh Kong province
On 09 March 2021, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training released an announcement on the suspension of education, technical and vocational, and training institutions in Prey Veng, Kampong Cham and Koh Kong province as an effort to prevent the spreading of COVID-19 in the ...
Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training
Press release on the implementation measures for those who refuse to follow the quarantine procedures
On 05 March 2021, the Ministry of Tourism issued a press release on the implementation measures for those who refuse to follow the quarantine procedures. To strengthen the prevention of COVID-19 transmission in the community, the ministry will take additional legal measures against those who ...
Ministry of Tourism
Press release on the testing for positive cases of COVID-19 on those who involved in 3 massage parlors in Phnom Penh
On 08 March 2021, the Ministry of Health issued a press release on the testing for positive cases of COVID-19 of those who involved in 3 massage parlors in Phnom Penh and releasing the additional necessary measures to prevent the large-scale transmission in Cambodia. ...
Ministry of Health
Announcement on the instruction of the requirement to work from home for 1-week period
09 March 2021, the Ministry of Economy and Finance released an instruction on the requirement to work from home for a 1-week period in order to prevent COVID-19 transmission which has been continually spreading in Cambodia since the community transmission event on 20 February 2021. ...
Ministry of Economy and Finance
23 COVID-19 cases force all schools in Prey Veng province to temporarily shut down
All public and private schools in Prey Veng province have to be closed down from Wednesday until further notice. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50823964/23-covid-19-cases-force-all-schools-in-prey-veng-province-to-temporarily-shut-down/
Announcement on the implementation of instructions to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 in the community of Sihanoukville
On 04 March 2021, the Administration of Preah Sihanouk Province issued an announcement informing all the passenger company owners, taxi drivers, and all the citizens to implement the instruction preventing the transmission of COVID-19 in the community. ...
Administration of Preah Sihanouk Province
Military medical personnel to take part in combatting COVID-19
Thirty (30) medical teams of 300 military medical personnel will join hands with their civilian counterparts in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, underlined Prime Hun Sen in another voice message this evening. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50823364/military-medical-personnel-to-take-part-in-combatting-covid-19/
First COVID-19 death in Cambodia after Feb 20 incident
The Ministry of Health announced that a 50-year-old Cambodian man died of COVID-19 yesterday, as a result of the February 20 Community Incident, marking Cambodia’s first recorded death. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50823890/first-covid-19-death-in-cambodia-after-feb-20-incident/
Announcement on the suspension of gym businesses and all sports or exercises in Phnom Penh, Kandal province, Sihanoukville, and related provinces
On 08 March 2021, the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sport released an announcement on the suspension of gym businesses and all sports or exercises in Phnom Penh, Kandal province, Sihanoukville, and related provinces concerning the community transmission event on 20 February which is not ...
Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sport
MoH strengthens contact tracing measures to break the chain of transmission
The exponential growth of infected people related to the February 20 Community Incident is a call for rigorous at-scale physical-distancing measures and strict compliance to the Ministry of Health’s Standard Operating Procedures of wearing a facemask, washing hands frequently and seeking medical help if showing ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50823263/moh-strengthens-contact-tracing-measures-to-break-the-chain-of-transmission/
Announcement on the launching of the building of THE GREAT DUKE Hotel (formerly InterContinental Hotel) as a hospital for caring and treatment of mild COVID-19 patients
On 07 March 2021, the Ministry of Health released an announcement on the use of building THE GREAT DUKE Hotel (formerly InterContinental Hotel) as a hospital for caring and treatment of mild COVID-19 patients to prepare appropriate locations to prevent further transmission in Phnom Penh ...
Ministry of Health
Announcement on the continuation of suspension of cinemas, art theaters, and museums in Phnom Penh, Kandal province, and Sihanoukville
On 04 March 2021, the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts released an announcement on the continuation of the suspension of cinemas, art theaters, and museums in Phnom Penh, Kandal province, and Sihanoukville concerning the spread of COVID-19 in “the community transmission event on 20 ...
Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts
