Disasters and emergency response
Disasters
$5.5 Mn of investments in new apparel projects ‘will create 1,200 jobs’
Two new investment projects worth a combined $5.5 million have been approved by the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). ...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50917469/5-5-mn-of-investments-in-new-apparel-projects-will-create-1200-jobs/
Masks a must in 15 provinces
Minister of Health Mam Bun Heng issued a public health notice requiring people in 15 provinces to wear masks and socially distance from now until further notice. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/masks-must-15-provinces
Nat’l Covid-19 campaign kicks off
World Health Organisation (WHO) representative to Cambodia Li Ailan said Cambodia has had one of the most successful campaigns to vaccinate its people against Covid-19 in the WHO’s entire western-pacific region. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/natl-covid-19-campaign-kicks
Vaccinations for prisoners may finish by August’s end
The vaccination of prisoners against Covid-19 is likely to be completed by the end of the month as only 5,000 inmates still need to get vaccinated, according to General Department of Prisons (GDP) spokesman Nouth Savna. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vaccinations-prisoners-may-finish-augusts-end
Major Mondulkiri tourism plan given the nod
The government approved the draft Mondulkiri Tourism Development Master Plan 2021-2035, amid a wider initiative to attract about three million domestic and international tourists annually to the regional verdant biodiverse powerhouse in northeastern Cambodia by 2035. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/major-mondulkiri-tourism-plan-given-nod
Thai border reopened for workers – many with Covid
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. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thai-border-reopened-workers-many-covid
China’s Thailand ban puts longan in pickle
An indefinite Chinese ban on Thai longan imposed on August 13 over contamination with mealybugs has thrown a wrench into Cambodian exports of the fruit to the neighbouring country, according to a senior Cambodian government official. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chinas-thailand-ban-puts-longan-pickle
Health ministry set for Covid campaign
The Ministry of Health will launch another national campaign dubbed ‘Join Hands to Prevent the Spread of Covid-19’ on August 16, according to spokeswoman Or Vandine. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/health-ministry-set-covid-campaign
Public urged to get Covid shots
The national Covid-19 vaccination committee appealed to people aged 18 and over who have not been vaccinated to immediately do so. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/public-urged-get-covid-shots
Banteay Meanchey reopens Cambodian-Thai border
Banteay Meanchey provincial governor Om Reatrey has reopened the border to receive Cambodian migrant workers returning from Thailand who were left stranded after the government imposed a lockdown to contain Covid-19. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/banteay-meanchey-reopens-cambodian-thai-border
Drought hits rice yields in K Cham, Oddar Meanchey
Drought in four districts in Kampong Cham province in June and July affected 2,600ha, causing a drop in rice yields by 30 to 40 per cent, according to provincial governor Un Chenda. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/drought-hits-rice-yields-k-cham-oddar-meanchey
3 million doses of vaccine to arrive in Cambodia today
3 million doses of Sinovac vaccine will be touching down in Cambodia today. The vaccines were ordered by the Cambodian government from the Chinese company. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50914506/3-million-doses-of-vaccine-to-arrive-in-cambodia-today/
All 16.5 million ordered doses of vaccine from China to arrive this month
As the country continues to implement massive vaccination campaigns, the 16.5 million vaccines ordered from China will be arriving this month to fuel the endeavor. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50914560/all-16-5-million-ordered-doses-of-vaccine-from-china-to-arrive-this-month/
PPAP: Port business remains afloat
The locally-listed Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) on August 9 posted a recovery in business performance over the first seven months of this year as the Kingdom leverages its relatively brisk coronavirus vaccine rollout to ease out of the Covid stranglehold. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ppap-port-business-remains-afloat
IMF approves $240M grant for pandemic recovery fund
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a $240 million grant to Cambodia to rehabilitate its economy and recover from the affects of the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/imf-approves-240m-grant-pandemic-recovery-fund
Restrictions extended as new Delta cases detected
The Phnom Penh Municipal Administration has decided to extend the nighttime curfew for one more week through August 19, while Covid-19 restrictions on Siem Reap and the seven provinces bordering Thailand will remain in place until August 19. ...
Lay Samean and Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/restrictions-extended-new-delta-cases-detected
Journalists in Phnom Penh will start receiving ‘booster dose’ from September 8th
The Commission for COVID-19 Vaccination says the media in Phnom Penh will receive the third dose of AstraZeneca at the National Children’s Hospital from September 8 to 15, 2021. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50913803/journalists-in-phnom-penh-will-start-receiving-booster-dose-from-september-8th/
Siem Reap airport remains open for flights amid COVID-19 crisis
Siem Reap International Airport on Sunday served an Airbus-330 flying from Basel –Switzerland for a rest-stop and the aircraft headed to Hong Kong later on the same day. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50913397/siem-reap-airport-remains-open-for-flights-amid-covid-19-crisis/
Hun Sen: No triple-shot of AstraZeneca Covid jab
Prime Minister Hun has reminded civil servants and government officials as well as the general public who have already received first and second doses of the AstraZeneca vaccines that they should not use that vaccine again for their third, booster shot. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-no-triple-shot-astrazeneca-covid-jab
Cambodia has successfully vaccinated 8,396,613 people or 83 percent of the targeted 10 million people against COVID-19
Within six months of starting the vaccination campaign against COVID-19, Cambodia has successfully vaccinated more than 83 percent of the initially targeted 10 million people against COVID-19. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50913435/cambodia-has-successfully-vaccinated-8396613-people-or-83-percent-of-the-targeted-10-million-people-against-covid-19/
Cambodia’s Delta Variant infections cross 400
Cambodia’s total number of COVID-19 infected people identified to have been hit by the more severe and highly contagious Delta Variant of SARS-CoV-2 strains is believed to have crossed 400. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50913454/cambodias-delta-variant-infections-cross-400/
Ministry will launch a new COVID rapid test kit for only $ 2 soon
The Minister of Post and Telecommunications Chea Vandeth said that the Ministry will launch a Rapid Test soon for only $ 2, which is easy to use and high quality. ...
Khmer Time Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50912405/ministry-will-launch-a-new-covid-rapid-test-kit-for-only-2-soon/
Patients tested with Delta variant not allowed for ‘home hospitalisation’
All patients tested with the Delta variant are not allowed to be treated at home, but at designated COVID-19 treatment centres or hospitals depending on the patients’ real health situation. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50912965/patients-tested-with-delta-variant-not-allowed-for-home-hospitalisation/
USAID donates $4 million for Covid fight in Kingdom
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) on August 9 announced an additional $4 million in urgent Covid-19 assistance for Cambodia. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/usaid-donates-4-million-covid-fight-kingdom