Pandemics

The Governor of Mondulkiri Province, Svay Sam Eang, said that people from other capitals and provinces and those who are suspected to have health problems related to the February 20 community event must be quarantines for 14 days before they are allowed entry into the ...

The Thai government has contributed $100,000 in assistance to Cambodia to help improve the well-being of Cambodian migrant workers in different quarantine centres along the border. ...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports has issued a proclamation announcing the temporary suspension of public and private educational institutions at all levels throughout the country. ...

The pandemic has increased pressure on building operators, resulting in an all-time high in demand for property management, US-based commercial real estate and service and investment firm CBRE – the largest in the world – said yesterday. ...

The pandemic has increased pressure on building operators, resulting in an all-time high in demand for property management, US-based commercial real estate and service and investment firm CBRE – the largest in the world – said yesterday. ...

The government has extended its vaccination drive to teachers in Phnom Penh and four provinces amid the February 20 community event. ...

Ministry of Defence General Tea Banh announced tonight a military officer has been infected with  COVID-19 despite receiving his second dose. ...

According to media reports, the Cambodian government has given provincial administrations authority to implement restrictions on travel between provinces in response to the current COVID-19 outbreak. ...

The United Nations Development Programme yesterday announced that it has donated ambulances and other medical equipment to help the Kingdom combat COVID-19, which so far has seen 121 million people infected worldwide and 2.67 million deaths. ...

The Kingdom is forecast to register gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 3.5 percent, a sharp reversal of 2020’s contraction of 3.1 percent, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has said in its macroeconomic situation report. ...

The February 20 community transmission has compounded the woes of the transport and logistics sectors still reeling from the Covid-19 health crisis. ...

Cambodia is set to receive some 1.5 million doses of China’s Sinovac vaccine in the near future in addition to Sinopharm and AstraZeneca.   ...

An ad-hoc commission, headed by the Ministry of Health secretary of state Or Vandine, will be formed for COVID-19 vaccination, Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday. . ...

To decrease getting and spreading COVID-19, Prime Minister Hun Sen has asked the provincial and capital governors to temporarily ban gatherings in their respective territories after two men who attended wedding receptions in Kampot and Takeo provinces were tested positive for COVID-19. ...

The Health Ministry has appealed for public donations to purchase more vaccines to inoculate the targeted 80 percent of the population.   ...

Private donors have announced a donation of funds to the Cambodian government to assist with the ongoing battle against Covid-19. Germany has also announced the provision of an additional €4.8 million donation.  ...

Authorities in some provinces have restricted entry at their borders by setting up checkpoints and requiring travellers suspected of any exposure to persons or places linked to the February 20 community outbreak of Covid-19 to quarantine for 14 days. ...

Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos have vowed to strengthen cooperation and agreed to mutually provide free Covid-19 vaccinations to diplomats and students residing in the countries. ...

Thirty (30) medical teams of 300 military medical personnel will join hands with their civilian counterparts in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, underlined Prime Hun Sen in another voice message this evening. ...

All public and private schools in Prey Veng province have to be closed down from Wednesday until further notice. ...

The Law on measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and other deadly infectious diseases was promulgated on Mar. 11. .. ...

The Ministry of Health announced that a 50-year-old Cambodian man died of COVID-19 yesterday, as a result of the February 20 Community Incident, marking Cambodia’s first recorded death.  ...

The Ministry of Health on Thursday evening announced that first doses of Sinopharm doses would be suspended throughout the country on a rolling basis while first doses of AstraZeneca would continue to be administered to those 60 years old and older. ...

The exponential growth of infected people related to the February 20 Community Incident is a call for rigorous at-scale physical-distancing measures and strict compliance to the Ministry of Health’s Standard Operating Procedures of wearing a facemask, washing hands frequently and seeking medical help if showing ...