Disasters and emergency response
Disasters
Gov’t gives financial aid to lockdown-affected workers
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has provided financial assistance to 59,012 workers from 175 factories in the garment, footwear and bag industry located in lockdown areas in Phnom Penh, Kandal province’s Takhmao town and Sihanoukville (Phase 2, 3 and 4). ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-gives-financial-aid-lockdown-affected-workers
Boeng Tompun canal cleared of waste to prevent flooding
More than 2,500 trucks of garbage and overgrown grass, equivalent to 12,050 cubic metres, were removed following four months of restoration work on the almost four-kilometre-long Boeng Tompun canal, which was built to prevent flooding in five Phnom Penh districts. ...
Mao Chanvireak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50903527/boeng-tompun-canal-cleared-of-waste-to-prevent-flooding/
Cambodian-Thai border crossing suspended
The Royal Government of Cambodia has decided to temporarily suspend traffic through the Cambodian-Thai border, except for the transportation of goods and special cases. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50903680/cambodian-thai-border-crossing-suspended/
WHO confirms C-19 transmission unlikely on food
Controversy over seized buffalo meat from India continues as the World Health Organization (WHO) said Covid-19 could not be contracted through contact with food or food packaging while the Health Ministry is staying keeping mum on the subject. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50903506/who-confirms-c-19-transmission-unlikely-on-food/
8 provinces on Thai borders put in lockdown amid Delta fears
The government has decided to place several border provinces in lockdown for two weeks in a bid to prevent the new coronavirus Delta variant spreading further into community. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/8-provinces-thai-borders-put-lockdown-amid-delta-fears
Vigilance against weather phenomena, especially at coastal areas urged
The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology (MOWRAM) has appealed to people to be vigilant of possible phenomena such as thunder, lightning, gusts, strong wind and high waves this week, particularly at coastal areas. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50902647/vigilance-against-weather-phenomena-especially-at-coastal-areas-urged/
Private sector gets nod to sell jabs amid Delta fears
The Ministry of Health has granted permission to authorised pharmaceutical import-export companies to import Covid-19 vaccines approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO), as part of response to the more contagious and deadly coronavirus Delta variant in Cambodia. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/private-sector-gets-nod-sell-jabs-amid-delta-fears
NBC: Financial institutions in H1 restructure $5.5 billion in loans
The Kingdom’s banking and financial institutions have restructured 22.2 trillion riel ($5.5 billion) in loans for 367,239 borrowers in the first half of this year, to ease the burden on the public as the ongoing coronavirus outbreak dampens economic activity, according to the National Bank ...
Thou Vireak
https://phnompenhpost.com/business/nbc-financial-institutions-h1-restructure-55-billion-loans
Delta can spread in 15 seconds
The Delta variant of the Covid-19 virus is at least two times more transmissible, being able to infect the next person within 15 seconds, according to world experts. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50902050/delta-can-spread-in-15-seconds/
Imported meat from India infested with Covid-19 virus
Cambodian customs authorities seized 3 containers of frozen buffalo meat imported from India that contained Covid-19. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50902129/imported-meat-from-india-infested-with-covid-19-virus/
Government dishes out $380 million in Cash Relief Programme
The Royal Government of Cambodia has spent roughly $381 million for its cash relief programme to support those hit hard by COVID-19 crisis. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50901884/government-dishes-out-380-million-in-cash-relief-programme/
Ministry: Mekong waters rising
The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology has issued a warning about Mekong River water levels that are expected to rise over the next few days with a storm that will potentially cause flooding in low-lying areas along the upper Mekong River in Stung Treng, ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-mekong-waters-rising
Covid can survive on some surfaces for ‘up to 72 hours’
Research has shown that Covid-19 can survive for a period of time on frozen food but it cannot replicate in chilled products, the Ministry of Health said on July 24. In light of this, the ministry has requested health protection measures regarding fresh and frozen ...
Mom Kunthear
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/covid-can-survive-some-surfaces-72-hours
World Bank financial aid for Kingdom, Malpass says
Cambodia is among the East Asian and Pacific (EAP) countries set to receive financial support from the World Bank to underpin a resilient post-Covid-19 economic recovery, fuelled by solid vaccination progress, the Washington-based development lender’s president told The Post. ...
May Kunmakara
https://phnompenhpost.com/business/world-bank-financial-aid-kingdom-malpass-says
UN urges school reopenings
The UN in Cambodia has encouraged the government to prioritise school reopening as soon as possible to avoid further declines in human capital development. ...
Voun Dara
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/un-urges-school-reopenings
Gov’t warns resellers of Covid test kits
The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications – which accepts purchase orders for Covid-19 antigen rapid test kits at $3.70 per unit, an offer exclusively for public and private institutions – has warned against reselling them. ...
Ry Sochan
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-warns-resellers-covid-test-kits
Kingdom buys 5M Chinese vaccines for children 12-17
The government has purchased an additional five million doses of Covid-19 vaccine from China to vaccinate the 12-17 age group in a bid to reopen schools, with their shipments expected in August and September. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-buys-5m-chinese-vaccines-children-12-17
Cambodia to receive all planned doses of COVID-19 vaccines by end of July
Cambodia would get all the planned 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines for 10 million people or 62 percent of the total population by the end of this month. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50899604/cambodia-to-receive-all-planned-doses-of-covid-19-vaccines-by-end-of-july/
Informal economy may lose over 6M jobs by Covid’s end
Minister of Planning Chhay Than said more than six million workers in the informal economy have either lost or are expected to lose their jobs due to Covid-19, despite the government’s efforts to counter the pandemic. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/informal-economy-may-lose-over-6m-jobs-covids-end
Alert system warns people of pending disasters nationwide
People living in lowland areas bordering the Tonle Sap Lake, along the Mekong River, and northeastern provinces should register with the government’s early warning system, first vice-president of National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) Kun Kim said. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/alert-system-warns-people-pending-disasters-nationwide
One million doses of Sinopharm vaccine to touch down in Cambodia today
An additional one million doses of Chinese Sinopharm vaccine will arrive in Cambodia this morning. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50898901/one-million-doses-of-sinopharm-vaccine-to-touch-down-in-cambodia-today/
ADB’s $4.4 mil boost for health systems amid C-19
A six-year, pioneering regional technical assistance initiative, being undertaken by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and worth $4.4 million, is boosting the capacity of health systems in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam to respond to climate-induced health threats amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the ADB said. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50898170/adbs-4-4-mil-boost-for-health-systems-amid-c-19/
Drought destroys 1,300ha in Pailin
An almost three months of severe drought has destroyed 1,300 hectares of crops in Pailin province that has caused untold hardship to farmers. ...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50897256/drought-destroys-1300ha-in-pailin/
Jabs for kids bring hope for school reopening
Cambodia is tentatively planning to reopen schools – at least at the secondary level – when the vaccination of children aged 12-17 is completed, even though daily transmissions and deaths in other age groups remain high. ...
Voun Dara
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/jabs-kids-bring-hope-school-reopenings