Social development
Public health
$7.9 million in maternal allowances paid by NSSF to garment workers last year
More than 80,000 women received maternity allowances last year amounting to $7.9 million from the government through the National Social Security Fund. ...
Ministries to establish more medical facilities in Kingdom
The ministries of Health and Interior have plans in the works to establish nearly 30 new medical facilities in underserved provinces, including health centres, health posts and referral hospitals. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministries-establish-more-medical-facilities-kingdom
Private clinics ordered to follow prescription rule
The Ministry of Health has again reminded all private health service providers to issue computer-printed prescriptions and results from laboratories after finding that some clinics still give patients handwritten paperwork which is not in accordance with medical regulations. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/private-clinics-ordered-follow-prescription-rule
PM: Private schools can now resume today
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MoEYS) has just issued a directive this morning through Prime Minister Hun Sen in his special statement broadcast live from his residence in Takhmao city, Kandal province by the TVK to allow private educational institutions to resume physical ...
Rhea Mae Soco
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50798455/private-schools-can-now-resume-today/
Ministry of Health reopens shops relating to November 28 incident
Minister of Health Mam Bunheng has announced today that shops and restaurants related to the community transmission on November 28 are now allowed to reopen starting today. ...
Rhea Mae Soco
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50797685/ministry-of-health-reopens-shops-relating-to-november-28-incident/
Gov’t extends financial support programmes for next three months
The government has extended its financial support programmes to aid the garment and textile industry, tourism sectors and poor people for another three months from January to March 2021, according to a government statement released yesterday. ...
Sar Kheng urged to look into NSSF graft claims
Around 200 people, including medical staff, officials and locals from Prey Veng province’s Preah Sdech district, have submitted their petition to Minister of Interior Sar Kheng requesting legal action against Operational Health District of Preah Sdach director You Sy Le for allegedly embezzling National Social ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sar-kheng-urged-look-nssf-graft-claims
Ministry explains new UK Covid-19 strain
Ministry of Health spokeswoman Or Vandine addressed the new mutation of the Covid-19 virus that was found in England, saying that research was underway in multiple countries. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-explains-new-uk-covid-19-strain
Recovered Covid patients ‘may relapse’
The Ministry of Health has claimed that as many as 10 to 15 per cent of recovered Covid-19 patients could potentially suffer a spontaneous relapse which would again render the virus communicable. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/recovered-covid-patients-may-relapse
Mandatory quarantines, high alert at Thai border
Minister of Interior Sar Kheng stressed to authorities of provinces bordering Thailand that they must strictly enforce instructions from Prime Minister Hun Sen concerning Covid-19 preventive measures following detection of a new outbreak of the disease in Thailand’s Samut Sakhon province. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mandatory-quarantines-high-alert-thai-border
Japanese aid expected to improve services for 7,500 hearing impaired
The Japanese government has provided $288,473 in total for three recipient organisations under the framework of the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Project (“KUSANONE”). The funds are earmarked to be used for the installation of medical equipment, braille equipment and hearing diagnostic equipment. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japanese-aid-expected-improve-services-7500-hearing-impaired
Utmost caution urged after Covid outbreak in Thailand
Following the Covid-19 outbreak in Thailand’s Samut Sakhon province, Cambodian Minister of Health Mam Bun Heng has urgently advised residents near the border to exercise heightened caution and quarantine all people crossing the border for 14 days. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/utmost-caution-urged-after-covid-outbreak-thailand
Kingdom, development partners talk vaccination
On December 17, several government ministries called an emergency meeting with major aid organisations and partner nations about a procurement plan for Covid-19 vaccines and plans for implementing a vaccination programme. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-development-partners-talk-vaccination
PM says Grade 12 exams cancelled, all students pass
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday ordered the Minister of Education to allow all Grade 12 students to pass their exam automatically without sitting it due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50793598/pm-says-grade-12-exams-cancelled-all-students-pass/
PM to outline current Covid situation in national address
Prime Minister Hun Sen is set to address the nation concerning the current condition and progress regarding the Covid-19 outbreak, including contributions by the public to fund buying vaccines. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-outline-current-covid-situation-national-address
Vaccine not a cure-all for Covid-19, official warns
While the government prepares to purchase Covid-19 vaccines, it has appealed to the public to understand that vaccinations will not be a panacea solution and to remember to remain vigilant in efforts to prevent spread of infection. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vaccine-not-cure-all-covid-19-official-warns
Rights groups appeal for prisons testing, as Hun Sen solicits vaccine funds
Three international and domestic rights groups said the government must test prisoners who may have been exposed to an Interior Ministry official who had the disease, with Prime Minister Hun Sen focused on soliciting funds for vaccine acquisitions. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://cambojanews.com/rights-groups-appeal-for-prisons-testing-as-hun-sen-solicits-vaccine-funds/
Factories ‘follow all’ Covid guidelines
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) said it has been disseminating Covid-19 prevention measures set by authorities to factories, enterprises and workers. GMAC stressed that it has no authority to force factories to implement the measures, but has urged them to follow all Covid-19 ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/factories-follow-all-covid-guidelines
WHO says Cambodia to get vaccine by 2021, tycoons pledge funds for purchase
Cambodia may get the first delivery of the coronavirus vaccine in March 2021, according to the local office of the World Health Organization, as Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government made its first moves to acquire the much-wanted vaccine. Several influential business tycoons have also pledged ...
Aun Chhengpor
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/who-says-cambodia-to-get-vaccine-by-2021-tycoons-pledge-funds-for-purchase-/5691472.html
State fund gives maternity support
Over the past three years, the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has provided more than 87 billion riel in childbirth subsidies to 210,000 women across the country, according to Heng Sophannarith, director of NSSF’s policy division. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/state-fund-gives-maternity-support
Families with HIV receive support
National Centre for HIV/AIDS, Dermatology and STD (NCHADS) deputy director Hor Bun Leng told The Post on December 7 that the Council of Ministers, in a letter dated February 21 last year, determined people living with HIV to be a vulnerable group. This entitles them ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/families-hiv-receive-support
Businesses violating COVID-19 measures will be closed, PM says
Prime Minister Hun Sen said local authorities will close down any businesses found to have flouted the Ministry of Health’s guidelines to prevent the spread of COVID-19. ... ...
Khann Chanvirak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50789964/businesses-violating-covid-19-measures-will-be-closed-pm-says/
EU donates around $3.45 million to COVID-19 response
The European Union in Cambodia announced yesterday that it will donate around $3.45 million to Cambodia in order to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50789813/eu-donates-around-3-45-million-to-covid-19-response/
No state of emergency would be declared, PM says
Prime Minister Hun Sen reaffirmed today that the Kingdom will not declare a state of emergency for the “November 28 community incident” because it will paralyze the country’s economy. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50789957/no-state-of-emergency-would-be-declared-pm-says/