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Tourists with expired visas also eligible for COVID-19 vaccines
All foreigners who are stranded in Cambodia with no flights to return home who have an expired tourist visa are eligible to take the COVID-19 vaccination.
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NGOs fear for vulnerable groups during lockdown
Twenty-four non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have urged the government to prepare for possible violence towards vulnerable groups in quarantine centres and various lockdown areas.
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Lockdown shopping relief: City Hall orders issuing of cards for people to buy essentials
Phnom Penh City Hall yesterday ordered all district authorities in the capital to issue “Shopping” ID cards for people to go out and buy food and groceries during the lockdown.
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Gov’t food distribution begins but with food stores closed, ‘red zone’ residents worry about feeding their families
Two weeks ago, garment workers at Din Han Enterprise factory went into quarantine after hundreds of workers tested positive for COVID-19. Long Sarem, 42, sealed herself and her son into her small rental room in Meanchey district’s Stung Meanchey 3 commune, surviving on inexpensive food from a nearby vendor. But just as that quarantine was set to finish, the entire commune was turned into a so-called “red zone
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Police Introduce Canes for Beating Lockdown Violators, 100 Arrested
Just over 100 people were arrested and fined in Phnom Penh in one day as authorities introduced canes for beating lockdown violators, a police official said on Wednesday.
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Phsar Chas closed, three more villages locked down as Covid spreads
A second garment factory and a popular Phnom Penh market have been shut down and three more villages have been placed under lockdown, as the COVID-19 caseload rose by another 277 cases on Monday, officials said, following weekend warnings that Cambodia was on the brink of a “national tragedy.”
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Vegetable Sales Shift, Go Underground as Over a Dozen Markets Shut Down
When Phnom Penh’s wholesale Doeum Kor market became a Covid-19 hotspot and was shuttered, some vendors quietly shifted to Stung Meanchey, sellers said.
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Military officer rams barricade with motorbike
Police in Phnom Penh yesterday morning arrested a military officer accused of violating the lockdown by driving his motorcycle into a barricade and causing injuries to a police officer.
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Phnom Penh police deny beating lockdown pedestrians but confirm stricter enforcement
In a measure that human rights monitors have blasted as extreme, Phnom Penh police have begun flogging people deemed to be violating the sweeping metropolitan lockdown order.
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Lockdown shopping relief: City Hall orders issuing of cards for people to buy essentials
Phnom Penh City Hall yesterday ordered all district authorities in the capital to issue “Shopping” ID cards for people to go out and buy food and groceries during the lockdown.
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Photoshopping history: The true story behind the smirking man of Tuol Sleng
An artist has caused uproar and anguish after photoshopping smiles onto the faces of inmates photographed at notorious Khmer Rouge prison camp S-21. Here, the brother of Khva Leang, incorrectly introduced as Bora in the piece, tells the true story of his long-lost kin
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PM promotes global governance with multilateralism
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday called for global governance that upholds multilateralism and respects international laws and the sovereignty of each nation amid challenges stemming from intense “geo-political rivalries” between superpowers.
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Phnom Penh Residents Worry About Food Shortages, Income Loss Amid Stringent Lockdown
Phnom Penh residents are facing food shortages and financial strife as the capital and Takhmau city complete a week of the country’s first lockdown due to the increasing number of COVID-19 infections.
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Workers From More Than 100 Factories in Cambodia’s Capital Region Infected With COVID-19
Workers from scores of factories in the vicinity of Cambodia’s capital have been infected with COVID-19 amid the country’s latest coronavirus outbreak, authorities said Tuesday, as residents chafed against a lockdown that has left them without food for days, forcing several to risk arrest to obtain supplies.
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CPP urges more former CNRP to seek political rehabilitation
The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) yesterday called on more former opposition senior officials to request for political rehabilitation after seven more of them recently had their five-year political ban lifted, leaving former opposition leader Sam Rainsy more and more alone.
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Thousands of Messages Seek Emergency Lockdown Food Aid From City Hall
Thousands of messages requesting emergency food aid have flooded a forum set up by City Hall, as some residents said their household incomes were down to zero because of the lockdown’s rising restrictions and they feared running out of food within days if they didn’t receive help.
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Emergency aid to be given to poor people under lockdown areas
The Ministry of Economy and Finance has announced to repeal mechanism and procedure for providing social assistance to support people who have been severely affected by the COVID-19 community outbreak during the lockdown, but they are given emergency aid in the “Red Zone” areas.
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Covid-19 Arrests: Parties, Not Wearing Masks, Smuggling on Ambulances
Five people have been sentenced to one year in prison in Kampong Cham and Takeo provinces for violating the Covid-19 Law after drinking in groups against public health protocols, amid a slew of arrests across the country for parties, illegal travel, not wearing masks and breaking curfew.
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Hefty fines for those who violate lockdown
The Phnom Penh City Hall has set several categories of hefty fines for people who intentionally do not comply with the administrative measures set by the government and the Phnom Penh City Administration in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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Newspapers suspend printing due to COVID-19 lockdown restrictions
the sweeping COVID-19 lockdown in Phnom Penh restricts most work-related travel, Cambodia’s remaining traditional media outlets have suspended their print editions.
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