Social development
PM: Expedite Covid booster vaccinations
Prime Minister Hun Sen urged the Ministry of Health and relevant authorities across the Kingdom to expedite vaccinations with booster doses now that the Omicron coronavirus variant has begun circulating within the community. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-expedite-covid-booster-vaccinations
PM urges vigilance as Omicron spreads
Prime Minister Hun Sen announced that 14 more Omicron community cases had been detected in Cambodia in just three days, though no deaths from the highly transmissible coronavirus variant have been reported thus far. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-urges-vigilance-omicron-spreads
Governor of Phnom Penh urges Khan authorities to strengthen COVID-19 prevention as Omicron continues local spread
As the Omicron variant continues to spread locally, Governor of Phnom Penh, Khuong Sreng has urged authorities of all Khans and relevant departments to step up Covid-19 prevention measures. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501005042/governor-of-phnom-penh-urges-khan-authorities-to-strengthen-covid-19-prevention-as-omicron-continues-local-spread/
PM says school year starts in new era
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday sent an open letter to mark the first day of the new academic year. ...
Chhun Sunly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501004397/pm-says-school-year-starts-in-new-era/
PM reports 3 more local cases of Omicron in Cambodia as variant spreads into community
PM Hun Sen has confirmed that 3 more case of the mutant Omicron variant have been found in the community – bringing the total to 183 – 4 local cases and 179 imported. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501004042/pm-reports-3-more-local-cases-of-omicron-in-cambodia-as-variant-spreads-into-community/
The government is purchasing 5 million doses of vaccines, says PM Hun Sen
Prime Minister Hun Sen said that the government is purchasing 5 million doses of Covid vaccines to expedite the booster shots campaigns across the country. ...
Yim Sreylin
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501004130/the-government-is-purchasing-5-million-doses-of-vaccines-says-pm-hun-sen/
Cambodia logs 27 new Omicron cases
The Ministry of Health on January 8 reported 27 new Covid-19 cases, all of which were imported and confirmed to be the Omicron variant. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-logs-27-new-omicron-cases
Encourage students to get Covid boosters: minister
Minister of Education, Youth and Sport, Hang Chuon Naron has requested public and private schools to encourage students aged 12 and over, staff and other stakeholders to get a third Covid-19 vaccine dose to prevent a new coronavirus outbreak, especially of the Delta or Omicron ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/encourage-students-get-covid-boosters-minister
Target groups get fourth dose
The Ministry of Health has authorised a fourth dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines for certain target groups in Phnom Penh beginning on January 14 at certain national hospitals and extending to other institutions at later dates. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/target-groups-get-fourth-dose
CHRC all set to debate rights report with UN expert panel
The Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) will defend the government’s National Human Rights Report on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights at the UN Office in Geneva, Switzerland, in March. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chrc-all-set-debate-rights-report-un-expert-panel
Gov’t, WHO urge vigilance as first Omicron community case found
Ministry of Health and World Health Organisation (WHO) officials in Cambodia urge vigilance as the Kingdom’s first Omicron community case has been detected. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-who-urge-vigilance-first-omicron-community-case-found
PM defends results of Myanmar trip
Prime Minister Hun Sen on January 8 indicated that anyone who “opposes the ceasefire” in Myanmar, which the military has purportedly extended until end-2022, merely wants to “see deaths and injuries as a result of war”. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/pm-defends-results-myanmar-trip
Ministry duties grow, will now manage access to nation’s PID
The government has issued a sub-decree on the control, use and security of “personally identifiable data” or PID in order to guard the public’s interests and improve the provision of services and their quality and efficiency to facilitate national development. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-duties-grow-will-now-manage-access-nations-pid
Hun Sen: No home care for Omicron
Prime Minister Hun Sen requested patience and understanding from people who have tested positive for the Omicron variant of Covid-19, saying the government cannot allow Omicron patients to get treatment at home due to the variant’s increased transmissibility. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-no-home-care-omicron
Remy to chair ASEAN rights group
Keo Remy, president of the Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) has been appointed chairman of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) – the ASEAN regional human rights body – for the fifth mandate term of 2022-2024. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/remy-chair-asean-rights-group
Gov’t to upgrade National Road 4 with own coffers
Prime Minister Hun Sen said his government intends to widen National Road 4 using its own budget for road construction after waiting for donor funding for the project to materialise for a number of years now with no success. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-upgrade-national-road-4-own-coffers
70,000 refused jabs for health condition are all vaccinated
More than 70,000 people who were previously refused vaccination for Covid-19 due to their pre-existing health conditions have already largely been vaccinated in the interim by returning for a follow-up visit to get their jabs, according to Ministry of Health spokeswoman Or Vandine. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/70000-refused-jabs-health-condition-are-all-vaccinated
Cambodia logs nine new Omicron cases
The Ministry of Health on January 5 reported nine new Covid-19 cases, all of which were imported and confirmed to be the Omicron variant. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-logs-nine-new-omicron-cases
Indigenous people face delays in obtaining land titles
Indigenous community leaders have raised concerns about delays in obtaining Collective Land Titles (CLT). The bureaucratic process, already complex, has been further delayed by the pandemic’s impact. To date, 30 out of 455 CLTs have been granted. ...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501000763/indigenous-people-face-delays-in-obtaining-land-titles/
UN translates human rights’ info for indigenous peoples
The United Nations has translated a key human rights’ document into the Tumpoun indigenous peoples’ language so they can understand their right to participate in the development of their community. ...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50999924/un-translates-human-rights-info-for-indigenous-peoples/
Nine union activists arrested for ongoing NagaWorld protests
Phnom Penh municipal police arrested nine people on December 31 for holding an unauthorised demonstration in front of the local integrated resort NagaWorld which they said affected security, public order and social safety. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nine-union-activists-arrested-ongoing-nagaworld-protests
Vietnamese, Israeli firms sign agreement for cooperation, distribution of experimental oral COVID-19 vaccine, including in Cambodia
Israel’s oral vaccine is heading to Southeast Asia, Oramed Pharmaceutical announced Wednesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50998291/vietnamese-israeli-firms-sign-agreement-for-cooperation-distribution-of-experimental-oral-covid-19-vaccine-including-in-cambodia/
WHO warns of ‘very high’ Omicron risk as Covid surges worldwide
Omicron still poses “very high” risk and could overwhelm healthcare systems, the WHO warned on Wednesday, as the highly transmissible coronavirus variant fuelled record outbreaks in many countries. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50997551/who-warns-of-very-high-omicron-risk-as-covid-surges-worldwide/
Border provinces tightening up as Omicron hits Thailand
Amid fears of large-scale transmission of the new Covid-19 variant Omicron, border province authorities are looking at the possibility of implementing strict measures for crossing migrant workers, including implementing mandatory quarantines and PCR testing. These measures are the result of what was learnt dealing with ...
Yim Sreylin
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50997363/border-provinces-tightening-up-as-omicron-hits-thailand/