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Chikungunya outbreak infects over 2,000 across 15 provinces

The Health Ministry yesterday identified a total of 2,047 suspected cases of Chikungunya diseases covering 15 provinces in the Kingdom. ...

Som Kanika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50753206/chikungunya-outbreak-infects-over-2000-across-15-provinces/

Gov’t exempts visa A and B holders from Covid fees

Airline passengers who are diplomats and officials of international organisations holding Type A and B visas for travel to Cambodia are exempted from paying Covid-19 testing fees, said the Ministry of Health in its latest adjustment of rules on Wednesday. ...

Khorn Savi
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Government to disburse $11 million to fight HIV/AIDS for next three years

The government is set to disburse $11 million to fight HIV/AIDS next year till 2023 so that the Kingdom will eradicate the disease by 2025. ...

Ry Sochan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50751387/government-to-disburse-11-million-to-fight-hiv-aids-for-next-three-years/

Over 80 percent recovery rate noted as one more patient discharged

Another COVID-19 patient was discharged from hospital yesterday, bringing the total number of recoveries to 197, the Ministry of Health said. ...

Khann Chanvirak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50751314/over-80-percent-recovery-rate-noted-as-one-more-patient-discharged/

Over 1,000 diagnosed with chikungunya

Chikungunya has spread to 12 provinces across the Kingdom, with over a thousand patients testing positive for the vector-borne disease between July 19 and 31, the Ministry of Health announced on Saturday. ...

Khann Chanvirak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50751044/over-1000-diagnosed-with-chikungunya/

Upcoming holidays to be celebrated under tight security

Tighter security will be expected across the country in conjunction with the upcoming holidays, from August 17 to 21, which was set in lieu of the postponed Khmer New Year in April. ...

Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50749968/upcoming-holidays-to-be-celebrated-under-tight-security/

Cambodia to monitor all inbound flights after ban on Malaysian and Indonesian flights

Cambodia will closely monitor flights to the country after announcing the cancellation of inbound flights from Malaysia and Indonesia from August 1. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50750082/cambodia-to-monitor-all-inbound-flights-after-ban-on-malaysian-and-indonesian-flights/

Seven new virus cases: Four Blue Helmet returnees from Mali among infected

The Health Ministry yesterday reported seven new cases of COVID-19, bringing the tally number in  the Kingdom to 233. ​ ...

Khann Chan Virak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50749965/seven-new-virus-cases-four-blue-helmet-returnees-from-mali-among-infected/

Ban on outdoor exercises lifted as gyms remain closed

All sports and outdoor exercises were yesterday formally allowed to resume four months after such recreational activities were banned in a bid to curb the spread of COVID-19. The move, said the Ministry of Education, aims to promote a healthy lifestyle among the public amid ...

Som Kanika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50749530/ban-on-outdoor-exercises-lifted-as-gyms-remain-closed/

Cambodia records 23 more imported Covid-19 cases

The Ministry of Health on Saturday confirmed 23 more imported cases of Covid-19.   ...

Phuon Chansereivuth
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-records-23-more-imported-covid-19-cases

More than $23M handed out to poor

The Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation said on Saturday that it completed transferring more than $23 million to poor people, covering more than 530,000 households. ...

Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-23m-handed-out-poor

No entry from two nations

Alarmed over the number of Covid-positive passengers coming in via Malaysia and Indonesia, the government is temporarily suspending flights from both countries from August 1 until their infection rates  decline. ...

Khann Chan Virak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50748812/no-entry-from-two-nations/

Four new cases of COVID-19 found among returning UN peacekeepers

The Ministry of Health this morning announced that four of the returning UN “blue helmet” peacekeepers who were previously stationed in Mali have tested positive for COVID-19. ...

Taing Rinith
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50748411/four-new-cases-of-covid-19-found-among-returning-un-peacekeepers/

Quarantined man found dead in an isolation room in Tboung Khmum

A 21-year-old man who was placed in quarantine at an isolation room in Tboung Khmum province’s Krouch Chhmar district was found dead yesterday and the cause has yet to be determined. ...

Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50747972/quarantined-man-found-dead-in-an-isolation-room-in-tboung-khmum/

Illness strikes 92 in Poipet, leaves 10 hospitalised

Ninety-two villagers have fallen ill in a mysterious outbreak in Poipet town, Banteay Meanchey provincial Department of Health director Le Chan Sangvat said on Tuesday. None of the cases are life-threatening, but 10 of the victims have been warded in hospital. ...

Long Kimmarita
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/illness-strikes-92-poipet-leaves-10-hospitalised

Cambodia’s imported COVID-19 positive cases increase by 26 to 197

The Ministry of Health this morning reported that 26 more Cambodian people tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number to 197. ...

Khann Chanvirak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50746998/cambodias-imported-covid-19-positive-cases-increase-by-26-to-197/

Tuberculosis infects 13,000 Cambodians within first half of 2020

Thirteen thousand tuberculosis cases have been recorded during the first half of this year, the National Center for Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control (CENAT) said yesterday. ...

Som Kanika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50746780/tuberculosis-infects-13000-cambodians-within-first-half-of-2020/

Three new recoveries bring total to 136

Cambodia reported three more recoveries of COVID-19 patients, bringing the total to 136. ...

Khann Chanvirak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50746297/three-new-recoveries-bring-total-to-136/

Cambodia reports 3,339 cases of dengue fever in 6 months, down 88 percent

Cambodia has seen 3,339 dengue fever cases in the first half of 2020, down 88 percent from 28,285 cases over the same period last year, Health Minister Mam Bunheng said on Wednesday. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50744864/cambodia-reports-3339-cases-of-dengue-fever-in-6-months-down-88-percent/

Dengue cases in sharp decline

A Ministry of Health report released on Wednesday revealed that dengue fever cases have decreased by about 88 per cent in the first six months of the year compared to the same period last year. ...

Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dengue-cases-sharp-decline

Entertainment outlets can only reopen as restaurants

Prime Minister Hun Sen has reminded local authorities not to allow entertainment clubs and KTVs to reopen businesses if they have not been converted into restaurants. This follows the Health Ministry’s measures to stem any spread of  COVID-19. ...

Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50744670/entertainment-outlets-can-only-reopen-as-restaurants/

Cambodia’s COVID-19 cases increase to 165 with additional nine passengers from Saudi Arabia tested positive

Cambodia detected nine new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing thus the total number of confirmed cases in the Kingdom to 165, the Ministry of Health announced in a press release this morning. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50744637/cambodias-covid-19-cases-increase-to-165-with-additional-nine-passengers-from-saudi-arabia-tested-positive/

Over $15 million donated to Cambodia’s Kantha Bopha Foundation in first six months

A total fund of more than $15 million has been donated to Cambodia Kantha Bopha Foundation for the first half of 2020 to support Cambodian children’s health care service. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50743823/over-15-million-donated-to-cambodias-kantha-bopha-foundation-in-first-six-months/

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