Disasters and emergency response
Disasters
Government launches vulnerable family subsidies
Prime Minister Hun Sen announced on Wednesday he will officially launch the government’s cash subsidy programme for poor and vulnerable families adversely affected by COVID-19. ...
Khann Chanvirak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50736456/government-launches-vulnerable-family-subsidies/
Entertainment sector workers denied $40 monthly aid
Labour Minister Ith Samheng has rejected a request by out-of-work employees in the entertainment sector to also be given the $40 aid, doled out to suspended garment and tourism workers. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50735871/entertainment-sector-workers-denied-40-aid-monthly-aid/
Sihanoukville: Returning Chinese mark a sign of a business rebound
The Kingdom’s coastal Sihanoukville, where Chinese nationals national dominated nearly a half of businesses before the COVID-19 outbreak, is seeing economic activity gradually rebound after Middle Kingdom’s investors and workers started to return to the province as pandemic fears ease. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50734801/sihanoukville-returning-chinese-mark-a-sign-of-a-business-rebound/
Factory suspensions in Phnom Penh total 121
Phnom Penh Municipal Labour Department said as of today, 121 garment factories have suspended their operations in the capital since the pandemic began. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50734544/factory-suspensions-in-phnom-penh-total-121/
Trimmer 2021 budget: Government plans 50 percent drop in spending
Amid the outbreak of the coronavirus the government plans to trim the 2021 state budget to around $4 billion, accounting for about a 50 percent drop from this year’s state budget, including an 11.3 percent drop for social affairs and 6.4 percent for general administration. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50734167/trimmer-2021-budget-government-plans-50-percent-drop-in-spending/
Cambodia FM to have talks with Russian counterpart
Prak Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation will participate in the Special ASEAN-Russia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on COVID-19 via video-conference to be held on the 17th of June at 2:00 in the afternoon. ...
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50734117/cambodia-fm-to-have-talks-with-russian-counterpart/
Cambodia’s COVID-19 positives rise to 128, three active cases currently
The Ministry of Health in a news release this morning announced this and said that the two new cases are both Cambodian men, aged 22 and 29, from Kampong Cham province. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50733645/cambodias-covid-19-positives-rise-to-128-three-active-cases-currently/
EU providing over $500 million for C-19 response
The European Union, in a statement issued yesterday, said it is mobilising about $504 million in grants and loans to work with Cambodia in fighting the global COVID-19 (C-19) pandemic and mitigate its socio-economic effects. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50732907/eu-providing-over-500-million-for-c-19-response/
EU doles out $500M in economic, job aid
Team Europe – the combined efforts of the EU, its member states and their financial institutions and implementing agencies – is mobilising €443 million ($503 million) in grants and loans to work with Cambodia in fighting Covid-19 and mitigating its socio-economic impacts. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/eu-doles-out-500m-economic-job-aid
Foreigners to be charged “$3000 deposit” for C-19 quarantine, tests
The government has decided to charge all foreign visitors for lab testing, medical treatment and accommodation under health measures to prevent a second wave of COVID-19 (C-19) transmission in the country. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50732611/foreigners-to-be-charged-for-c-19-quarantine-tests/
Data-driven analytics to provide vital decisions for flooded roads
As Cambodia’s annual monsoon season starts again this month (usually June to September) large downfalls that flood city streets will bring renewed frustration and delays for commuters travelling to work or for social outings. ...
Harrison White
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50732272/data-driven-analytics-to-provide-vital-decisions-for-flooded-roads/
WB sees Cambodia’s GDP shrinking one percent ahead of six percent rebound in 2021
The World Bank had forecasted that Cambodia’s economy would shrink 1.0 percent this year before rebounding 6.0 percent next year which was released in Washington yesterday. ...
Cambodia requires foreigners to pay for COVID-19 test, quarantine, treatment services
Cambodia has required foreigners to pay for COVID-19 lab test, quarantine and treatment services, Economy and Finance Minister Aun Pornmoniroth said in a letter dated Monday and released to the media on Tuesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50732293/cambodia-requires-foreigners-to-pay-for-covid-19-test-quarantine-treatment-services/
‘All air passengers are tested’
Preah Sihanouk officials ‘test every passenger’ on flights to the province, provincial governor Kuoch Chamroeun said yesterday, adding authorities have prepared three hotels for all new arrivals, where they will be kept and tested for COVID-19,in a bid to prevent the spread of the virus ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50732089/all-air-passengers-are-tested/
Preah Sihanouk sees factory suspensions and massive job losses
Preah Sihanouk provincial governor Kuoch Chamroeun yesterday announced there were 20 suspended factories in the province, affecting more than 8,000 workers, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Covid-19 patient released, total recoveries rise to 124
The Ministry of Health on Monday confirmed that another Covid-19 patient has been discharged from hospital, bringing the total number of recoveries to 124. ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/covid-19-patient-released-total-recoveries-rise-124
Blood donations drop drastically over virus fears
The National Blood Transfusion Center is appealing to the public to replenish blood donation supplies which have fallen critically short due to the virus pandemic. ...
Som Kanika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50731144/blood-donations-drop-drastically-over-virus-fears/
Thirty people screened for COVID-19 after contact with latest patient
Contact tracing efforts from the 30-year-old COVID-19 patient diagnosed on Saturday have led to the identification of 30 people, the Ministry of Health said yesterday. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50731638/thirty-people-screened-for-covid-19-after-contact-with-latest-patient/
Further $12million prepared for workers suffering suspension
Until now, he said, around 110,000 workers have received their allowances across 344 factories and enterprises. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50731207/further-12million-prepared-for-workers-suffering-suspension/
Cambodia’s hotels and international flights to reopen shortly
Hotels and international flights forced to close due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia are expected to reopen this month Clais Chenda, President of Cambodia Hotel Association, said that some hotel owners confirm they will resume operations shortly and international flights are expected to commence ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50731349/cambodias-hotels-to-reopen-shortly/
IPC: Over 16,000 C-19 samples tested since January in Kindgom
The Institute Pasteur du Cambodia has announced it has tested over 16,000 samples for coronavirus since January in Cambodia, of which 125 have been positive. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50730466/ipc-over-16000-c-19-samples-tested-since-january-in-kindgom/
Cambodia to lose $3bn in revenue from tourism sector
Minister Thong Khon said during the launch of additional safety measures for tourism-based business that the global virus has hit the tourism sector the hardest around the world and Cambodia will see it’s foreign and local visitors decline by about 70 percent and 50 percent ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50730893/cambodia-to-lose-3b-in-revenue-from-tourism-sector/
Ministry: Further out-of-work allowances paid
The Ministry of Labour announced on Monday that a further 25,588 workers of 67 enterprises in the garment and tourism sectors will be paid allowances from the government after facing suspension or unemployment amid the coronavirus pandemic. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50729508/ministry-further-out-of-work-allowances-paid/
Siem Reap’s tourism hit hard by C-19
More than 100 hotels and guesthouses in Siem Reap province permanently ceased operations while 230 others announced indefinite suspensions amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the provincial hall revealed yesterday. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50729513/siem-reaps-tourism-hit-hard-by-c-19/