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Delta variant cases in Cambodia jump to 2,647
The total number of Delta variant cases of SARS-CoV-2 in Cambodia has risen to 2,647 after 251 new infections were confirmed. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50929758/amid-lower-covid-19-infection-rates-delta-variant-cases-in-cambodia-has-jumped-to-2647/
Areas safe to reopen schools to be mapped
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport has given its municipal and provincial department two weeks to put together a report detailing which schools in their territory can safely reopen because of low Covid-19 transmission in their localities, while some schools are pushing to reopen ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/areas-safe-reopen-schools-be-mapped
Cambodian blue helmets training for CAR mission
Thirty-seven trainees from the National Centre for Peacekeeping Forces (NPMEC) are training to rescue victims of natural disasters at the naval command in preparation for a UN “blue helmet” mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) in 2022, a senior official said. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodian-blue-helmets-training-car-mission
2nd phase of business registration system up
The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) on September 1 deployed Phase II of its online business registration platform, known as the “Single Portal”. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/2nd-phase-business-registration-system
CMAC on track despite pandemic
In the first seven months of this year, the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) had cleared a total of 64,562,539sqm, or about 98.60 per cent of the seven-month plan for 2021. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cmac-track-despite-pandemic
Covid-safe schools to resume, in piecemeal reopening plans
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport issued new instructions on August 31 advising both state and private schools in areas where Covid-19 transmissions are relatively low to begin preparations for re-opening later this year. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/covid-safe-schools-resume-piecemeal-reopening-plans
Education ministry, WFP feed 30,000 households
The World Food Programme (WFP), in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, is delivering food to 30,000 vulnerable and poor households in five provinces. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/education-ministry-wfp-feed-30000-households
Private clinics can now treat mild Covid patients at home
The Ministry of Health has announced that it will allow private health service providers to treat mild Covid-19 patients at their homes as long as they strictly adhere to the guidelines. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/private-clinics-can-now-treat-mild-covid-patients-home
PM Hun Sen tells the Minister of Education to discuss with the capital-provincial Governors to choose schools that do not have Covid-19 to reopen again
PM Hun Sen tells the Minister of Education to discuss with the capital-provincial governors to select schools on sites that are not affected by the Covid-19 disease to reopen since the Kingdom has undergone vaccination process to kids aged from 12 to 18 for more ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.postkhmer.com/national/2021-08-31-1019-222713.html
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand strategy for post pandemic era refined
With the Covid-19 pandemic expected to leave long-term impacts on global investment patterns and consumer behaviour, the CLMVT countries are counting on closer economic cooperation within Southeast Asia to help them benefit from each other’s strengths. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50926312/cambodia-laos-myanmar-vietnam-and-thailand-strategy-for-post-pandemic-era-refined/
C-19 situation almost as good as Singapore’s
The overall Covid-19 situation in Cambodia, irrespective of the incomplete official figures announced by the Ministry of Health which does not include provincial figures, is certainly improving and with the vaccination campaign given added impetus by the Prime Minister, the country could achieve similar status ...
Yim Sreylin
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50926111/c-19-situation-almost-as-good-as-singapores/
Ministry of Education releases guidelines for in-person classes
As the Ministry of Education permits the reopening of classes in low-risk areas, new guidelines were introduced to prevent the spread of Covid-19, especially the Delta Variant. The Minister of Education, Youth and Sports, Hang Chuon Naron, released guidelines for in-person classes in public and ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50926824/ministry-of-education-releases-guidelines-for-in-person-classes/
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 Vihear province declares ‘Red Zones’ as COVID hits province hard
Preah Vihear has become the latest province to declare ‘Red Zones’ in response to the threat of ‘Delta’. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50923923/preah-vihear-province-declares-red-zones-as-covid-hits-province-hard/
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
UK requests GDI continued support for stuck citizens
Marc Thayre, Charge d’affaires of the British Embassy in Phnom Penh, on Tuesday met with Lieutenant General Sok Veasna, deputy director general of the General Department of Immigration (GDI), to talk about British citizens being stuck in Cambodia due to Covid-19. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50923156/uk-requests-gdi-continued-support-for-stuck-citizens/
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
$240M IMF allocation on way to Kingdom
Cambodia will receive about $240 million out of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) largest-ever distribution of Special Drawing Rights (SDR), equivalent to some $650 billion, which came into effect on August 23. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/240m-imf-allocation-way-kingdom
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