Public health

The Deputy Governor of Battambang, Soeum Bunrith, announced on June 7, that the recent influx of Cambodian migrant workers has increased. This fact has caused the number of Covid-19 cases within the province to climb steeply. ...

The Kep Provincial Administration announced on June 3, 2021 that they have decided to implement temporary administrative measures for the prevention of the further spread of the pandemic in the province. ...

The Phnom Penh authorities had issued a decision on the night of June 2 on measures to be adopted to curb the surge of Covid-19 in the city. ...

With Cambodia’s relief measures up for renewal later this month, it has come to light that the Government’s Covid-related assistance spending topped $335 million since the introduction of  payments to the financially vulnerable last June. ...

In the first five months of this year, the government provided 10 billion riel ($2.46 million) through the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) to 25,867 low-income female workers who gave birth to 26,057 babies. ...

The European Union (EU)  will invest  about $3.5 million over a three-year period through the World Health Organization (WHO) to support Cambodia’s preparedness and response to Covid-19 and future health security threats. ...

The Phnom Penh authority has instructed business owners to provide information on employees who request leave under suspicion of COVID-19 infection. These businesses include restaurants, hotels, and companies. This was the latest move made by the authorities to contain the spread of the pandemic in ...

The Koh Kong Provincial Administration decided to place 14 private residences in lockdown for a two-week period, while Kampot province has extended administrative measures in the entire province for another week to bring the Covid-19 outbreak under control. ...

Kampot Provincial Administration has announced that a curfew is now in place, starting from today, June 2nd. ...

The Kandal Provincial Administration has extended its temporary ban on all types of alcohol sale until June 2 to avert a spread of the coronavirus. ...

The Kampong Cham provincial administration has imposed a lockdown for Kampong Cham village from May 28 to June 10 following the recording of new Covid-19 cases. ...

Svay Rieng provincial administration has detected at least 88 Covid-19 patients, all of them are garment workers from six districts and two cities.   ...

Unions are calling for garment factory owners to pay full wages to their employees for the lockdown period but the Labour Ministry says there is no law to state that employers must do so.   ...

Since the start of the pandemic, 203 garment factories have closed, Secretary of State of Industry, Science and Innovation Heng Sok revealed. ...

More than 870,000 people have been inoculated against the coronavirus in former red zones in Phnom Penh while more than 610,000 people got second jabs. ...

As of May 27, nearly 2 million people in Phnom Penh have been vaccinated against Covid-19 in accordance with the Royal Government’s determination that all Phnom Penh residents will be vaccinated against Covid-19 by  June 2021.   ...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Administration has redesignated some areas in Russey Keo and Por Sen Chey districts as orange zones after a resurgence of Covid-19 cases there. This came as restrictions were lifted for certain orange zones in several districts after the community outbreak eased. ...

At least 60 garment workers have tested positive for Covid-19 at A and J Cambodia in Tay Seng 1 Special Economic Zone, in Svay Rieng province’ Bavet city today, sending thousands of other workers to run amok. ...

The vaccination coverage against COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia rose to almost 23 percent or some 2,280,875 of the planned 10 million people to be vaccinated, as of May 24. ...

People who have been seriously affected by lockdowns are to receive cash relief in Phnom Penh, Kandal province’s Takkmao city and Preah Sihanouk province next month. ...

Phnom Penh City Hall will re-impose a curfew, if it finds that locals or foreigners do not follow the health precautions or the administration’s measures to curb the spread of Covid-19.​ ...

Cambodia received an additional one million doses of Sinovac vaccine yesterday, the fifth batch that the government ordered from China. ...

The Ministry of Health’s Vaccination Committee chairwoman Or Vandine told Khmer Times yesterday that the nationwide vaccination rate is about 22 percent with more than two million people inoculated.   ...

Curfews and alcohol bans will to be lifted in “Yellow Zones” across the capital beginning today, Phnom Penh Capital Hall announced late Friday evening.   ...