P Sihanouk restores canals to avoid rain-induced flood

Preah Sihanouk provincial authorities are inspecting the canal system in Sihanoukville’s commune IV and other drainage systems in the coastal town in the wake of recent severe flooding, which claimed one life and affected many residents. ...

Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/p-sihanouk-restores-canals-avoid-rain-induced-flood

Veterans association members’ families get funds for Covid deaths

The Cambodian Veterans Association (CVA) last week delivered Prime Minister Hun Sen’s financial support of 80 million riel ($20,000) to assist 20 households in Phnom Penh who are CVA members and lost relatives to Covid-19. ...

Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/veterans-association-members-families-get-funds-covid-deaths

50 new furnaces burn 100 tonnes Covid waste daily

The Ministry of Environment is installing 50 incinerators to burn medical waste from Covid-19 treatment and quarantine centres in the capital and 20 provinces to solve the problem head-on as about 100 tonnes of this waste was piling up per day across the country.​​ ...

Lay Samean and Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/50-new-furnaces-burn-100-tonnes-covid-waste-daily

Handle Covid waste properly, or else: Phnom Penh official

Phnom Penh Covid-19 patients under home-based treatment and those who care for them could face legal consequences if they fail to properly dispose of waste to prevent the novel coronavirus from spreading, in a manner outlined in a recent municipal hall instruction. ...

Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/handle-covid-waste-properly-or-else-phnom-penh-official

Preah Sihanouk seeks to prevent flooding

Preah Sihanouk provincial authorities are inspecting the canal system in Sihanoukville’s commune IV and other drainage systems in the coastal town in the wake of recent severe flooding, which claimed one life and affected many residents. ...

Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-sihanouk-seeks-prevent-flooding

PP Governor: No curfew will be reimposed in Phnom Penh amid the government’s successful vaccination campaign

Amid the successful vaccination campaign in the capital, Phnom Penh Governor Khuong Sreng said that no curfew will be reimposed in the capital as it is unnecessary. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50923919/no-curfew-will-be-reimposed-in-phnom-penh-amid-the-governments-successful-vaccination-campaign/

Cambodia closes in on 90% of initial target of 10 million peope to be vaccinated against COVID-19

Cambodia has to date, from February 10, 2021 to August 26, successfully fully vaccinated 8,204,217 people against COVID-19, meaning those who have received both doses of the vaccine. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50924220/cambodia-closes-in-on-90-of-initial-target-of-10-million-peope-to-be-vaccinated-against-covid-19/

China Covid-19 vaccines the best source for boosters: PM

Prime Minister Hun Sen said Chinese-made Sinovac and Sinopharm vaccines could be administered as booster shots in Cambodia because of their plentiful availability as the Kingdom continues to rely on China as its “strategic backer” for vaccines supply. ...

Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/china-covid-19-vaccines-best-source-boosters-pm

Drought destroys rice crops in Siem Reap

A prolonged drought has caused damage to more than 14,000ha of rice fields in Siem Reap province, with more damages expected should the lack of rain continue. ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/drought-destroys-rice-crops-siem-reap

Kingdom prepared to tackle Delta as confirmed cases soar

Detection of the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 – the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 – has become a humdrum part of life with new cases reported almost on a daily basis in most parts of the country. ...

Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-prepared-tackle-delta-confirmed-cases-soar

More than 40 percent of Cambodia’s stock of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines administered

A total of 548,670 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines have been administered, leaving slightly more than 866,000 doses left for those who are eligible for booster shots or for elderly who qualify for this vaccine. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50923336/more-than-40-percent-of-cambodias-stock-of-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccines-administered/

Gov’t requests Covid treatment for migrants

Cambodia has requested that Thailand provide medical treatment to Cambodian migrant workers who contract Covid-19 there as large numbers of workers continue to return home from both Thailand and Vietnam, many of whom carry the disease. ...

Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-requests-covid-treatment-migrants

Slightly more than 200,000 doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines remain in Cambodia, alternatives considered for booster

Cambodia remaining stock of Janssen’s Johnson & Johnson vaccines, which was designated for frontliners and general population in remote, far lying places and hill tribes now stands at just above 200,000. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/923318/slightly-more-than-200000-doses-of-johnson-johnson-covid-19-vaccines-remain-in-cambodia-alternatives-considered-for-booster/

UN trains 3,000 in mental health

The UN in Cambodia has trained nearly 3,000 health workers nationwide to provide mental health and psychosocial support to Covid-19 vulnerable people. ...

Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/un-trains-3000-mental-health

Posts ministry offers rapid test kits at cost from S Korea, China

The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications has announced that it will distribute two types of Covid-19 antigen rapid tests from South Korea and China, which will be made widely available at cost price. ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/posts-ministry-offers-rapid-test-kits-cost-s-korea-china

WHO donates three vaccine cooling vans for Covid campaign

The World Health Organisation (WHO) in Cambodia has donated more than $320,000 in medical supplies to the Ministry of Health for pandemic prevention and response efforts. ...

Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/who-donates-three-vaccine-cooling-vans-covid-campaign

Local authorities urged to educate public on virus risk

A senior Ministry of Health official has urged local authorities to disseminate all information regarding preventive health measures to prevent large-scale community transmission of Covid-19 and other contagious diseases. ...

Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/local-authorities-urged-educate-public-virus-risk

Driver’s licence service resumes

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport has announced the resumption of service for driver’s licences in Phnom Penh after the pandemic forced its suspension for about three months. ...

Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/drivers-licence-service-resumes

Crayfish market boom, prospects boil down to wide adoption

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon is pushing for more investment in the domestic farming of Australian red-claw crayfish, to raise supply to the local market and potentially export down the line. ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/crayfish-market-boom-prospects-boil-down-wide-adoption-sakhon

Added push to wrap up first, second Covid shots

Or Vandine, head of the national Covid-19 vaccination committee, has urged municipal and provincial governors to accelerate their campaign for both first and second doses after noticing slow progress in recent days. ...

Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/added-push-wrap-first-second-covid-shots

38 heading to Thailand busted hopping border

Kamrieng district police in Battambang province are searching for a suspected people broker who fled after 38 individuals were arrested while attempting to illegally cross the border into Thailand on the night of August 21 near the Ou Chamlang Bridge in Ou Chamlang village of ...

Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/38-heading-thailand-busted-hopping-border

New digital push for MSMEs

The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) on August 18 launched an open joint effort to build an inclusive digital ecosystem aimed at sparking the development of a robust post-Covid-19 economy. ...

Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-digital-push-msmes

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