Public health

To accelerate the momentum of giving the Covid-19 booster shot to double vaccinated people, the Chinese government is again at the forefront of donating an additional three million doses of the vaccine to help Cambodia achieve its set goal. ...

The Phnom Penh Capital Administration has decided to continue administrative measures and suspend ‘high-risk’ activities for another 14 days. ...

After more than seven months, students in the capital who have been pining to resume physical classes can finally get their wish from next week. ...

‘Delta’ cases in Cambodia increased yet again today with 408 new cases bringing the total up to 3,731. ​ ...

With the Pchum Ben festival fast approaching, the Ministry of Health has advised people to take extra precautions to prevent Covid-19 and also to protect themselves from food poisoning by complying with food safety measures during the holiday season. ...

The Ministry of Tourism has created a Telegram bot and invited tourism operators and business owners to register employees on the application who have been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus. ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) in Cambodia said that Cambodia has reached a new phase of the pandemic with “decreasing case numbers, high vaccination coverage and a more transmissible circulating variant threatening a hidden surge”. ...

Siem Reap Provincial Health Department officials have confiscated and destroyed more than one tonne of 70 types of unregistered health supplements while the Ministry of Health has warned the public to be aware of supplements without approval from the ministry. ...

Kandal province closed the vaccination campaign for people aged 18 and over on September 8, making it the first province to end the programme, with nearly 100 per cent of the targeted population vaccinated and about 1.5 per cent remaining unvaccinated. ...

One of the less heralded recent aspects of the COVID-19 story in Southeast Asia has been Cambodia’s remarkable success in vaccine distribution. As of September 6, just over two-thirds of the country’s population had received at least one dose of vaccine, while 53 percent were ...

Pailin is gearing up for the reopening of 47 schools after evaluation and risk assessment. ...

Banteay Meanchey joins 3 other provinces and the Capital in planning the reopening of its schools. ...

The Royal Government’s plan to reopen schools in low-risk areas drew support from WHO representatives in Cambodia.   ...

The total number of Delta variant cases of SARS-CoV-2 in Cambodia has risen to 2,647 after 251 new infections were confirmed.   ...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports has informed the Department of Education, Youth and Sports of Phnom Penh on the process of vaccinating the third dose to education staff under the Department of Education, Youth and Sports of Phnom Penh.   ...

Svay Rieng province is facing an outbreak of lumpy skin disease (LSD) and the provincial administration is applying every effort to manage and prevent its spread as it could adversely affect the local economy. ...

The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training plans to collaborate with two outside organisations to raise public awareness in Cambodia about the dangers of asbestos, an industrial material widely used throughout the world for various applications. ...

Cambodia has crossed the 91 percent mark in its drive to vaccinate 10 million people above the age of 18 with a total of 9,175,478 being vaccinated with at least one dose of the vaccine.   ...

The campaign to vaccinated up to 1,966,931 adolescents aged between 12 and 17, which was kicked off by the Prime Minister on August 1, has reached 77.20 percent as of August 30. ...

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 ...

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. ...

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.​​ ...

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. ...

Preah Vihear has become the latest province to declare ‘Red Zones’ in response to the threat of ‘Delta’. ...