Disasters and emergency response

Chinese tourist arrivals to the Kingdom plummeted 86 percent last year to 329,673 compared to 2,361,849 in 2019 amid global uncertainty concerning the potential impact of the novel coronavirus, according to Ministry of Tourism data. ...

The government has bought a private hospital in Phnom Penh to specifically treat Covid-19 patients as public hospitals are running out of bed space to accommodate the daily influx of increasing numbers of new patients. ...

Another Covid-19 patient has died while undergoing treatment at Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital in Phnom Penh, the Ministry of Health announced in the early hours of March 28 after confirming the country’s ninth fatality from the disease. ...

The government has disbursed $291 million to 692,092 eligible families who were hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic between July last year and Wednesday (March 24). ...

The Ministry of Agriculture yesterday said that the more than 500 storks which died in Boeng Sne Tuol Porntaley, Prey Veng province, in Ba Phnom district’s Batheay commune since March 17 were due to avian influenza virus (HPAIV) of subtype H5N1. ...

Kampong Speu Provincial Authorities are currently restoring two main canals connecting the Tasal Lake and Reservoir in Oral district to other areas in Takeo and Kandal provinces to help alleviate drought and dry farmland. ...

The Ministry of Health has designated locations for people to wear face masks and maintain social distancing in Phnom Penh and three provinces to curb the COVID-19 community outbreak.    ...

China is donating an additional 300,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine to the Cambodian military, Minister of Defence General Tea Banh said yesterday. ...

The Ministry of Health has announced that AstraZeneca vaccinations will be given to people aged over 60 across Phnom Penh’s 14 districts tomorrow. ...

The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (MoLVT) has called for preparation for vaccination of garment workers, as the government prioritised them in the list of people to be vaccinated against the COVID-19. ...

Tax revenue from Cambodia’s casino industry cratered in 2020 as Covid-19 prompted the government to tighten entry restrictions, limiting the number of international visitors to the Kingdom, according to a Ministry of Economy and Finance senior official on March 21. ...

The Governor of Mondulkiri Province, Svay Sam Eang, said that people from other capitals and provinces and those who are suspected to have health problems related to the February 20 community event must be quarantines for 14 days before they are allowed entry into the ...

The Thai government has contributed $100,000 in assistance to Cambodia to help improve the well-being of Cambodian migrant workers in different quarantine centres along the border. ...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports has issued a proclamation announcing the temporary suspension of public and private educational institutions at all levels throughout the country. ...

The pandemic has increased pressure on building operators, resulting in an all-time high in demand for property management, US-based commercial real estate and service and investment firm CBRE – the largest in the world – said yesterday. ...

The pandemic has increased pressure on building operators, resulting in an all-time high in demand for property management, US-based commercial real estate and service and investment firm CBRE – the largest in the world – said yesterday. ...

The government has extended its vaccination drive to teachers in Phnom Penh and four provinces amid the February 20 community event. ...

Ministry of Defence General Tea Banh announced tonight a military officer has been infected with  COVID-19 despite receiving his second dose. ...

According to media reports, the Cambodian government has given provincial administrations authority to implement restrictions on travel between provinces in response to the current COVID-19 outbreak. ...

The United Nations Development Programme yesterday announced that it has donated ambulances and other medical equipment to help the Kingdom combat COVID-19, which so far has seen 121 million people infected worldwide and 2.67 million deaths. ...

The Kingdom is forecast to register gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 3.5 percent, a sharp reversal of 2020’s contraction of 3.1 percent, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has said in its macroeconomic situation report. ...

The February 20 community transmission has compounded the woes of the transport and logistics sectors still reeling from the Covid-19 health crisis. ...

Cambodia is set to receive some 1.5 million doses of China’s Sinovac vaccine in the near future in addition to Sinopharm and AstraZeneca.   ...

An ad-hoc commission, headed by the Ministry of Health secretary of state Or Vandine, will be formed for COVID-19 vaccination, Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday. . ...