Social development
Factories reopen with 50 percent of workers switching every two weeks
In a first phase of reopening factories in Yellow Zones, the government will allow 50 percent of workers to resume production with shifts changing every two weeks. ...
All markets in Phnom Penh to stay shut, including irregular markets from today to May 14
The Phnom Penh Capital Administration last night made known a decision on the temporary suspension of all state markets and irregular markets in Phnom Penh for midnight today to midnight 14 May. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50852926/all-markets-in-phnom-penh-to-stay-shut-including-irregular-markets-from-today-to-may-14/
Red zone vaccination campaign continues with one million more doses arriving this month
Prime Minister Hun Sen has instructed the vaccination team from the Ministry of National Defence to accelerate its campaign and immunise the roughly 520,000 residents in the red zone and not to worry about a shortage as one million additional doses of vaccines are scheduled ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/red-zone-vaccination-campaign-continues-one-million-more-doses-arriving-month
Preah Sihanouk scraps quarantine requirement for airline passengers
Preah Sihanouk provincial governor Kouch Chamroeun has cancelled the quarantine requirement for inbound passengers from Phnom Penh and Siem Reap. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-sihanouk-scraps-quarantine-requirement-airline-passengers
Gov’t issues guidelines as lockdown nears end
The government has issued a five-page set of instructions to be enforced when the three-week lockdown of Phnom Penh and adjacent Takmao town in Kandal province ends on May 6. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-issues-guidelines-lockdown-nears-end
Phnom Penh unveils rules for post-lockdown transition
The Phnom Penh Municipal Administration issued a set of detailed guidelines for the seven days to May 12 after the capital emerges from lockdown at the onset of May 6. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/phnom-penh-unveils-rules-post-lockdown-transition
Media in Cambodia thriving despite challenges
Press freedom in Cambodia is steadily declining and is ranked 144 in the world, the director of Cambodia Journalist Alliance (CamboJA), Nop Vy said. ...
Chhun Sunly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50850693/media-in-cambodia-thriving-despite-challenges/
Journalists prohibited from entering Red Zones to prevent C-19 spread
The Ministry of Information yesterday announced that all journalists are prohibited from entering Red Zones and prohibited areas for reporting, and called on media practitioners to stop assuming events without any concrete evidence in their reporting, leading to public confusion. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50851386/journalists-prohibited-from-entering-red-zones-to-prevent-c-19-spread/
Nearly 100 factories reopen in Yellow Zones but virus remains
At least 95 factories and enterprises have restarted production just a week after the government’s lockdown measures in Phnom Penh and Takmao city were divided them into three zones. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50851509/nearly-100-factories-reopen-in-yellow-zones-but-virus-remains/
Another 1 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine will arrive in Cambodia on May 11 and 500,000 more doses on May 15
The Prime Minister of Cambodia, Hun Sen has announced that another 1 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines from China will arrive in Cambodia on the 11th and another 500,000 doses will arrive on May 15. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50851677/another-1-million-doses-of-covid-19-vaccine-will-arrive-in-cambodia-on-may-11-and-500000-more-doses-on-may-15/
Curfew hours in Phnom Penh and Takhmao City to be revised to 8pm and 3am
As the end of the lockdown will take place at midnight today, the government has decided to reduce the curfew hours in Phnom Penh and Takhmao City from the current 8pm to 5am to 8pm and 3am. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50851438/curfew-hours-in-phnom-penh-and-takhmao-city-to-be-revised-to-8pm-and-3am/
Lockdown in Phom Penh and Takhmao to be lifted after May 5
Prime Minister Hun Sen announced last night he will end the lockdown in Phnom Penh and other provinces, but some small areas with a high risk of infections will remain under restrictions. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50849886/lockdown-in-phom-penh-and-takhmao-to-be-lifted-after-may-5/
Authorities distribute food to almost 20,000 families following protest
Following a public outcry and protest by some residents starting on Friday that they had no food to eat, the Meanchey district authorities swung into action on Saturday and distributed food items to almost 20,000 families in Stung Meanchey I, II and III communes. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50849914/authorities-distribute-food-to-almost-20000-families-following-protest/
City Hall allows people in Orange and Yellow zones to sell, purchase goods in their areas
Phnom Penh City Hall has allowed citizens living in “Yellow Zones” and “Orange Zones” to sell and purchase goods, vegetables, and meat from 3am to 8pm. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50849677/city-hall-allows-people-in-orange-and-yellow-zones-to-sell-purchase-goods-in-their-areas/
Mandatory COVID-19 tests before entry into Svay Rieng
Svay Rieng Provincial Administration issued an announcement on Saturday, requesting that all travellers to Svay Rieng test for COVID-19. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50849813/mandatory-covid-19-tests-before-entry-into-svay-rieng/
Curfew imposed in Stung Treng province amid the first case of COVID-19
Authorities in Stung Treng province have imposed a curfew in the province and shuttered restaurants and cafes for 14 days in a move to curb the spread of COVID-19. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50849499/curfew-imposed-in-stung-treng-province-amid-the-first-case-of-covid-19/
More lockdown violators arrested
Police in Phnom Penh on Tuesday arrested a Cambodian man and 13 Chinese nationals for violating the government’s curfew and lockdown measures by travelling without permission. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50847674/more-lockdown-violators-arrested/
Over 200 factories suspended, 1,673 workers test positive
A total of 206 factories have now been temporarily closed due to the ongoing Covid-19 community outbreak, with 1,673 workers known to have contracted the virus and over 17,000 additional workers currently isolated in quarantine, according to Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training spokesperson Heng ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/over-200-factories-suspended-1673-workers-test-positive
400K doses of China's Sinopharm vaccine arrive in Kingdom
Another 400,000 doses of the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine donated by China touched down at the Phnom Penh International Airport at 9:30pm on April 28, marking the third such donation the Kingdom has received from the Chinese government. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/400k-doses-chinas-sinopharm-vaccine-arrive-kingdom
Some 1.2 million of workers bear the brunt of Covid-19
An estimated 1.2 million factory workers have been affected by the government’s lockdown of Phnom Penh and adjacent Takmao town in Kandal province, which will now be extended to May 5, according to the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training spokesperson Heng Sour. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/some-12-million-workers-bear-brunt-covid-19
All of Phnom Penh – starting with Red Zones – to be vaccinated
In a voice message last night, Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen ordered that all people in Phnom Penh and Kandal province – about 3 million people according to him – must be vaccinated. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50847131/all-of-phnom-penh-starting-with-red-zones-to-be-vaccinated/
Cambodia to reopen its door to vaccinated foreign tourists
Cambodia will allow foreign tourists who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 to visit the country’s most tourism attractive site – Angkor Archeological Park, in a move to revive the hard-hit tourism sector. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50846769/cambodia-to-reopen-its-door-to-vaccinated-foreign-tourists/
List of Yellow, Orange and Red Zones in Phnom Penh
The government on Monday decided to extend the lockdowns in Phnom Penh and Takhmao city in Kandal province for another week to May 5 to stem the spread of COVID-19. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50846770/list-of-yellow-orange-and-red-zones-in-phnom-penh-2/
Indian nationals barred from entering Cambodia due to COVID fears
The Ministry of Health has announced that Indian nationals will be barred from entering Cambodia until further notice, due to concerns over the extent of the COVID-19 crisis in India ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50846653/indian-nationals-barred-from-entering-cambodia-due-to-covid-fears/
