The UK-based Fitch Ratings credit rating agency has downgraded Cambodia’s economic outlook below the World Bank’s baseline forecast of 4 percent GDP growth for 2021 as the country continues to struggle with the economic shock of the COVID-19 pandemic.   ...

The Ministry of Health has renewed its Covid-19 prevention campaign efforts in light of the confirmed presence of the Delta variant in Cambodia as many locations across the country return to lockdown and curfew to stem its spread. ...

Applications for loans in the financial sector continued to drop in the second quarter of this year over concerns regarding the coronavirus outbreak and economic repercussions of the ensuing health crisis, according to a new report. ...

At least 54 of 245 Cambodian migrant workers who returned to Cambodia from Thailand through the Boeung Trakoun border crossing between July 29 and August 4 tested positive for Covid-19, including the highly transmissible Delta variant. ...

After the government imposed nationwide Covid-19 restrictions to stem the new coronavirus Delta variant, Tbong Khmum province has begun enforcing them with a night-time curfew effective through August 12. ...

The Covid-19 outbreak has put families, the economy and the country under tremendous pressure. Protecting public health to save lives is more important and urgent than ever. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered a temporary ban on imported meat, although details are still forthcoming, according to the Ministry of Agriculture. ...

The Delta variant of the Covid-19 virus is at least two times more transmissible, being able to infect the next person within 15 seconds, according to world experts. ...

Nak Neron, Deputy Governor of Siem Reap, yesterday detailed plans to move homeless people and beggars to a ‘community forest’ in the province. ...

Cambodia is getting ready to launch a 2021-2023 plan to lift the economy out of the Covid-19 rut and chart a course for sustainable and inclusive growth, according to Minister of Economy and Finance Aun Pornmoniroth. ...

The government has purchased an additional five million doses of Covid-19 vaccine from China to vaccinate the 12-17 age group in a bid to reopen schools, with their shipments expected in August and September. ...

Cambodia would get all the planned 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines for 10 million people or 62 percent of the total population by the end of this month. ...

In the two days following the government’s reopening of border crossings with Thailand, more than 2,300 migrant workers have returned through checkpoints in four provinces and hundreds of them have tested positive for Covid-19, according to authorities.​ ...

Despite a ban on visiting Phnom Chambap mountain in Takeo province’s Bati district due to the danger of contaminated water and to prevent the spread of Covid-19, people still stubbornly visit the place, and the authorities have started issuing fines of $250 per person.​ ...

The Chinese government has donated another 500,000 doses of the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine for Cambodia with their shipment expected on August 23. ...

Rising Covid-19 vaccination rates and generally high adherence to preventative measures and health-protective behaviour, as encouraged by the tourism and health ministries, have led to a steady recovery in domestic tourism. ...

The 217 trucks initially impounded for one year for breaking load limits but then pardoned by Prime Minister Hun Sen have been returned to the owners, while another 12 trucks were still being processed. ...

Supplies of organic vegetables in Prey Veng province have decreased as growers have had to confront challenges due to markets shutting down during the Covid-19 pandemic and a price decrease. ...

Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak plans to lead a delegation to South Korea next month to sign the Cambodia-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA), if the Covid-19 situation permits, according to a senior official. ...