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The World Health Organisation (WHO) is determined to continue working closely with the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) in combating the Covid-19 pandemic and other diseases such as malaria, hepatitis, hypertension, and so on. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered that national authorities establish more vaccination sites and assemble teams who can offer booster shots to those who cannot travel to the sites. ...

The Ministry of Health on June 29 reported 10 new Covid-19 cases, eight of which were detected in the community and the others on inbound travellers. ...

After 52 days of zero new Covid-19 cases, Cambodia has now detected new infections, according to Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...

During a two-year stretch of the Covid-19 pandemic from June 25, 2020 through June 25 of this year, the Cambodian government spent $714.9 million to help 700,000 poor and vulnerable households, according to Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation spokesman Touch Channy. ...

The Kingdom’s first state-of the-art Covid-19 treatment centre, which is being constructed on an 8ha site on the northwestern outskirts of the capital, is now 30 per cent complete, according to officials from the Ministry of Health and Phnom Penh Municipal Administration following their June ...

Nearly 1,200 establishments in the tourism industry were closed and almost 22,000 direct jobs have been lost as of May this year due to the Covid-19 in Cambodia, according to a statement from the Ministry of Tourism. ...

The Royal Government will continue to administer COVID-19 vaccines to its people and all foreign nationals in Cambodia free-of-charge even though the required doses for each of them rise to 20. ...

As the global economy continues to reel from the compounded crises of Covid-19 and Ukraine-Russia, Cambodia has not been able to go through them unaffected. The Covid-19 crisis has pushed Cambodia’s economy to negative growth for the first time in 2020 due to a sharp ...

Tourism players have asked the finance ministry to extend the tax exemptions currently enjoyed by the industry from June 30 to December 31, citing instability in business.   ...

The Ministry of Health on June 14 reported zero new Covid-19 cases and no new deaths. As of June 14, Cambodia had recorded a total of 136,262 Covid-19 cases with 133,206 recoveries and 3,056 fatalities.   ...

Cambodia’s cooperation with China has been vital for the Southeast Asian country in achieving its COVID-free status, officials and experts said. ...

Cambodia has become COVID-19-free as the last patient has recovered, the country’s Ministry of Health has announced in a statement. ...

About 80% of Cambodian children aged between 12 and 16 are living under psychological stress because of their parents’ debt, according to a report released on the sidelines of International Children’s Day, which falls on every June 1. ...

Khuong Sreng, Governor of Phnom Penh, praised the officials of Phnom Penh Capital Administration for their hard work in preventing Covid-19 and pointed out that for more than 20 consecutive days there has been no Covid-19 cases in Cambodia. ...

A group of six independent NGOs has called on the government to commit to supporting child rights after the coronavirus pandemic, after their survey found out that nearly 80 per cent of children and youth respondents said their parents experience financial stress. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen said the “sluggishness” of the establishment of a Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing facility in Cambodia was due to the government not yet signing an agreement to purchase vaccines produced by the factory. ...

Cambodia is pushing its vaccination drive as millions of doses of Covid-19 vaccines are set to expire soon and the government hopes it will help achieve herd immunity. ...

Despite the pandemic, there has been a boom in the development of high-end residential projects in Phnom Penh. The construction sector is one of the country’s main economic engines. ...

The 15th ASEAN Health Ministers’ Meeting was held in Bali, Indonesia, for five days with the theme of “Advancing the Achievements of ASEAN Health Development”. There were five primary outcomes from the meeting, which included an agreement on the mechanism for mutual recognition of digital ...

Only 20% of hotels in Siem Reap province have reopened after the Covid-19 outbreak in the province subsided, most other hotels have either shut down or are temporarily closed, while others will reopen at a later date when tourist numbers increase. ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed his congratulations to Cambodia for its success in combating Covid-19, as the country reported zero cases for 12 consecutive days.   ...

Poverty is stopping several students from returning to schools post-Covid times, say school authorities. The pandemic had affected millions of families across the country, but children suffered the most. ...

People hoping to hold weddings or other celebration and events on the streets of Daun Penh District will have to postpone them after the authorities banned any from taking place during election campaigns. ...