Paper out, digital in at 20 hospitals
Twenty hospitals and clinics in the capital, Siem Reap and Battambang provinces have participated in the “Leveraging Technology to Upgrade Cambodian Healthcare” project to “go digital and go green” by switching from traditional paper-based operations to a new digital hospital management system developed by Peth ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/paper-out-digital-20-hospitals
Cambodia ‘measles free’, WHO reports
The World Health Organization has declared Cambodia measles-free, having not registered a confirmed case in over three years, marking a success in combating what was once the country’s most deadly communicable disease. ...
Charles Parkinson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/cambodia-measles-free-who-reports
Announcement on the geographical implementation of wearing masks and safety social distancing obligations
On 24 March 2021, the Ministry of Health released an announcement on the geographical implementation of wearing masks and safety social distancing obligations, concerning the further infection of COVID-19 since the community transmission event on 20 February. Those geographical areas are Phnom Penh, Sihanoukville, Kandal, ...
Ministry of Health
Cambodia lifts travel ban on Indians and foreigners from India to Cambodia
The Ministry of Health has issued a decision to lift the ban on travel of all Indians and foreigners from India to Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50910419/cambodia-lifts-travel-ban-on-indians-and-foreigners-from-india-to-cambodia/
Dengue cases hit 1,000-mark in 2019
More than 1,000 cases of dengue fever have been reported so far this year, a number similar to that reported over the same period last year, said Leang Rithea, the dengue control programme manager at the National Centre for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control. Rithea ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dengue-cases-hit-1000-mark-2019
Environment officials to monitor conditions
The Ministry of Environment is set to join the Ministry of Labour in the monitoring of garment factory workplaces, after creating a working group that will probe the environmental safety of all plants in Cambodia. At a press conference at the ministry yesterday, Minister of Environment ...
Mom Kunthear and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/environment-officials-monitor-conditions
Minister’s appeal to listed companies
The opening of the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) was marked by a speech from Minister of Finance Keat Chhon, who urged three state-owned companies to speed up their initial public offerings. No companies, state-owned or otherwise are currently trading on the new market. Telecom Cambodia, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/Business/lets-get-the-ball-rolling.html
Increase in dengue reported in Siem Reap
The Angkor Hospital for Children (AHC) has expressed its concerns over an increase in severe dengue cases in Siem Reap province. AHC admitted 265 children infected with the virus in the past two months alone, which is more than all of last year, according to ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/increase-dengue-reported-siem-reap
Officials testing blood after mass food poisoning
Ratanakkiri provincial health department officials are testing blood samples to find out why nearly 200 villagers came down with food poisoning at a funeral in Ou Chum district on Friday. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50549486/officials-testing-blood-after-mass-food-poisoning/
‘Toxic’ rice wine kills five in Kratie
As of Sunday, the death toll from toxic rice wine consumption in Kratie province had increased to five. Forty others remain hospitalised, the provincial health department said. Department director Chhneang Sovutha said the sale of rice wine had been banned in the province’s Sambo district ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/toxic-rice-wine-kills-five-kratie
Health Ministry warns travellers of MERS disease
The Health Ministry has warned Cambodians travelling to some Middle Eastern countries for religious purposes to be aware of a disease that has infected thousands of people. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50521835/health-ministry-warns-travellers-of-mers-disease/
Flu outbreak afflicts Mondulkiri village
Half of the residents of Mondulkiri’s Norng Buor village fell ill during a mass flu outbreak this weekend, prompting a rapid mobilisation of the province’s health authorities, who ascribed the flu’s rapid spread to poor hygiene. ...
Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/flu-outbreak-afflicts-mondulkiri-village
Health Ministry highlights rice wine dangers
The Ministry of Health’s communicable disease control department has produced a short video in advance of next month’s Khmer New Year warning revellers of the dangers of consuming rice wine, which has been linked to multiple deaths. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50113503/health-ministry-highlights-rice-wine-dangers/
Third COVID-19 detected on British national
The Health Ministry yesterday announced the Kingdom’s third COVID-19 case detected in Cambodia. Minister Mam Bun Heng during a press conference last night said a 65-year-old British woman is now under quarantine at the Kampong Cham Provincial Referral Hospital. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50700374/third-covid-19-detected-on-british-national
Ministry reports increased COVID-19 national recovery figure
The Health Ministry yesterday reported two COVID-19 patients have recovered, raising the national recovery figure to 25. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50708513/ministry-reports-increased-covid-19-national-recovery-figure/
Cambodia reports elevated dengue fever activity reported nationwide as of August 1
Health authorities continue to report elevated dengue fever activity nationwide in Cambodia, with an additional 3,363 cases reported from June 27-July 23; bringing the total to more than 8,020 since Jan. 1. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501336328/cambodia-reports-elevated-dengue-fever-activity-reported-nationwide-as-of-august-1/
Precautions taken after Zika reported in K Thom
Health authorities have taken precautionary measures after a seven-year-old girl was diagnosed with Zika in Popech village of Kampong Thom province. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501365714/precautions-taken-after-zika-reported-in-k-thom/
UNICEF says air pollution responsible for 1 in 5 deaths among U-5 Cambodian children
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) issued a statement on Saturday, saying air pollution is responsible for nearly one in every five deaths among children under five in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501349596/unicef-says-air-pollution-responsible-for-1-in-5-deaths-among-u-5-cambodian-children/
4,600 dengue cases recorded in first six months
In the first six months of this year Cambodia recorded more than 4,600 cases of dengue fever. The number has increased significantly compared to the same period last year. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501319536/4600-dengue-cases-recorded-in-first-six-months/
Monkey Pox case identified in PP
The Ministry of Health announced yesterday the discovery of a man infected with Monkey Pox in Phnom Penh. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501406773/monkey-pox-case-identified-in-pp/