The continuing deluge of Cambodian returnees from Thailand has compelled Oddar Meanchey and Battambang provinces to look for additional venues for quarantine and or building additional ones.​ ...

With Covid-19 cutting into Cambodians’ incomes and transforming consumer behaviour, the Kingdom is expected to see a Lunar New Year spending slump this year. ...

Cambodia booked just $1.023 billion in international tourism revenue last year, representing a 79.4 percent nosedive from $4.919 billion in 2019 due to the sweeping effects of the global Covid-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Tourism reported on April 19. ...

In a message to the people broadcasted live on TV and Facebook on the morning of April 10, Prime  Minister Hun Sen has sternly announced that in the future, those who do not wear masks will be fined. Wearing of mask is mandatory to prevent ...

Cambodia’s high rate of new coronavirus cases has called for an even more stringent measure by the Phnom Penh authorities and this time around it is – no alcohol sales and no sit-in dining. ...

As of April 20, Cambodia had inoculated a total of 1,277,688 people against Covid-19, including civil servants, government officials, members of the armed forces and their families, the general public and foreigners, in a vaccination drive administered by the ministries of Health and National Defence. ...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport has announced that all staff members at public and private academic institutions who have received their first vaccine shots are now required to return for their second doses from April 20 onward at schools designated by the district ...

In order to stop the spread of Covid-19, nearly 30 markets across Phnom Penh and four provinces have been shut down temporarily following occurrences of infectious outbreaks of the virus directly linked to those market locations. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen on March 31 issued a sub-decree detailing administrative measures to contain the spread of Covid-19, including potential travel restrictions, public gathering, curfew, and lockdown to certain areas, among others.   ...

Kampong Cham provincial governor Un Chanda has ordered a lockdown of a village in the province after several people tested positive for COVID-19 linked to the February 20 community event. ...

A coalition of 103 civil society organisations (CSOs) reiterated a call for the government to issue a set of guidelines for all financial institutions in Cambodia to suspend loan payments, set interest rates to zero per cent and waive accrued interest for at least three ...

The government has imposed inter-provincial travel ban from April 7-20 in a bid to contain the spread of Covid-19. However, Phnom Penh and neighbouring Kandal province are treated as one administrative region, so travel between them can continue.   ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has suggested that vaccination become “mandatory” if the rate of Covid-19 infection does not subside and that this policy – if adopted – would first be applied to Phnom Penh. ...

Residents in designated red zones in the capital are flocking to get their samples taken for Covid-19 testing, after the Phnom Penh Municipal Hall issued a directive mandating that each and every single one of them does so or face legal action. ...

In a voice message last night, Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen ordered that all people in Phnom Penh and Kandal province – about 3 million people according to him – must be vaccinated. ...

The Ministry of Health has announced that Indian nationals will be barred from entering Cambodia until further notice, due to concerns over the extent of the COVID-19 crisis in India ...

Factories in Kandal province where at least five per cent of workers test positive for Covid-19 will be temporarily closed, provincial governor Kong Sophorn said in an April 25 Facebook post. ...

The government’s emergency cash transfer programme for COVID-19 hit-hard people has entered its fifth rounds; some 700,000 households have so far received the support funds. ...

An estimated 1.2 million factory workers have been affected by the government’s lockdown of Phnom Penh and adjacent Takmao town in Kandal province, which will now be extended to May 5, according to the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training spokesperson Heng Sour. ...

A total of 206 factories have now been temporarily closed due to the ongoing Covid-19 community outbreak, with 1,673 workers known to have contracted the virus and over 17,000 additional workers currently isolated in quarantine, according to Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training spokesperson Heng ...