Disasters and emergency response

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. ...

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 ...

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. ...

Cambodia yesterday received an additional 500,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine from China to combat Covid-19.​ ...

A new laboratory was added to Siem Reap’s Covid-19 testing facilities. The laboratory is capable of running tests for 900 to 1000 samples per day, according the Minister of Health, Mam Bun Heng. ...

The 817th Border Guard Police Battalion deployed 50 troops along the border line to prevent citizens from attempting to enter or leave as well as prevent Thai nationals from attempting to cross over. ...

The Koh Kong Provincial Administration has instructed local authorities to determine the number of people in territories under their jurisdiction who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19 as the province’s first-dose vaccination campaign is approaching an end. ...

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon said up to 67,942ha of rice crop, or 2.56 per cent of the total paddy fields cultivated across the country, had been affected by drought. ...

Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, presided over the 2021 Cambodia National Interfaith Forum Against Human Trafficking and COVID-19 Pandemic held via Videoconference. ...

The Chinese government has donated another 500,000 doses of the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine for Cambodia with their shipment expected on August 23. ...

Oddar Meanchey province has embarked on the construction of a 3,000-bed treatment centre and a 3,000-bed quarantine centre in order to meet the deluge of returning migrant workers from Thailand through its borders. ...

Even as the government lifted Covid-19 restrictions in most parts of the country on August 19, at least four provinces have decided to extend the measures for another week in a bid to contain the highly contagious coronavirus Delta variant. ...

The Sub Committee for COVID-19 says that it has closed a Phnom Penh street for 3 days in order to investigate a possible outbreak of the ‘Delta’ variant. ...

Around 70 Chinese nationals assembled outside of the gates of the Chinese Embassy in Mao Tse Toung Blvd, Phnom Penh, yesterday to ask for the Embassy’s assistance in returning back home. ...

Cambodia is getting ready to launch a 2021-2023 plan to lift the economy out of the Covid-19 rut and chart a course for sustainable and inclusive growth, according to Minister of Economy and Finance Aun Pornmoniroth. ...

Cambodia’s “well-strategised and rapidly-executed” Covid-19 vaccination programme are set to underpin economic growth that may top six per cent next year, eclipsing the preponderance of regional and global peers, according to a new report from consulting firm Mekong Strategic Partners Co Ltd (MSP). ...

Cambodia is on track to achieve GDP growth of more than six percent next year thanks to its “well strategised and rapidly executed” vaccine rollout, according to an investment advisory firm. ...

Cambodia should complete its vaccine programme eight months ahead of its targeted plan and up to 12 months before neighbouring countries. ...

Minister of Health Mam Bun Heng on August 19 donated relief funds and medical supplies to Myanmar to assist the country in its fight against Covid-19. ...

The government has suspended the recruitment of new officials for all ministries and institutions for 2022, reversing the government’s previous plans to recruit some 6,000 new officials to replace those lost to retirement or other factors. ...

Phnom Penh City Hall will extend the  curfew with additional measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19, especially the Delta variant, following a series of community-based infections. ...

Cambodia’s economic growth is projected to see robust growth next year because of economic recovery resulting from the government’s Covid-19 vaccination programmme. ...

The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) has announced that Cambodia is to be added to it’s ‘High Risk’ or ‘Group A’ list, effective from 0.00am on 20 August 2021. ...

Phnom Penh is the most vaccinated capital in the world with around 99 percent of adults fully vaccinated, according to Mekong Strategic Partners (MSP). ...