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Cambodia Turns Hotel into COVID-19 Hospital as Cases Rise
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA — A defunct luxury hotel in Cambodia's capital finished conversion into a 500-room coronavirus hospital on Monday, as authorities enforced a new law imposing criminal punishments for violating health rules and infections continued to rise in the Southeast Asian country.
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Stung Treng police reprimand colleague for breastfeeding her child
A Stung Treng police officer was reprimanded by her superiors for breastfeeding her child while on the job and an ensuing uproar on social media resulted in provincial officials backtracking the admonishment..
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64 Covid-19 Cases Announced, 30 in Kandal, 8 Unplaced in Hospitals
Fifteen Covid-19 cases in Phnom Penh’s Olympic commune, 30 in Kandal province, and eight in the capital’s Sen Sok district who have yet to be placed at a treatment center were among 64 new cases announced by the Health Ministry on Wednesday.
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Vietnamese province detects numerous cases transporting Chinese citizens to Cambodia
Authorities in An Giang Province, located in the Mekong Delta region, have constantly uncovered cases of illegally transporting Chinese citizens from northern border areas all the way to the southern part of Vietnam to enter Cambodia.
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Cambodia's Covid cluster cases hit 613
The Ministry of Health on March 10 reported 64 more cases of Covid-19 linked to the February 20 community transmission, bringing the total to 613.
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Cambodia's Dwindling Fish Stocks Put Spotlight on Changing Rivers
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA — Cambodian fisherman Tin Yusos tucks into a meal of the previous day's catch with his wife and granddaughter aboard a boat which doubles as their home moored by the banks of the Tonle Sap River.
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Cambodia supports peaceful solution to current crisis in Myanmar
The Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia this evening made a statement expressing the Kingdom’s support for a peaceful solution to the current crisis in Myanmar.
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PM asks Senate to approve draft law on measures to prevent COVID-19 spread soonest
Prime Minister Hun Sen has called on the Senate to conduct an online meeting to review and approve the draft law on measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and other deadly infectious diseases so that it can come into force as soon as possible.
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Can Interpol bring Rainsy back to face his jail term?
As government officials have raised the possibility of using the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) and extradition mechanisms to bring the convicted opposition leaders back to Cambodia, the possibilitiy of this has also been raised amid the alleged “political motivation” behind the convictions..
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Kampong Cham’s COVID-19 positive patient releases video expressing regret over his unintended actions which may have placed others in danger
A Cambodian male who become the first Kampong Cham to be infected with COVID-19 was in fact returning home after the hotel he was working for was closed because of COVID.
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Former provincial governor jailed for selling other people’s land
Phnom Penh municipal court yesterday sentenced Lieutenant General Sar Thavy, undersecretary of state in the Ministry of Defence, to three years in prison for selling land that does not belong to him located on the outskirts of Phnom Penh’s Prek Pnov district to a businesswoman in 2018.
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Chinese firm Yuetai probed over resale of land on Phnom Penh riverfront
The Chinese development firm set to change the face of Phnom Penh’s northern riverfront is under investigation over claims it attempted to sell off tens of millions of dollars’ worth of land it leased for the development – a potential breach of its contract, an official said.
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Escapes from quarantine centres proven dangerous
After a bribe and a slip by four women quarantined from a well-known Sokha Hotel in Chroy Changva district last month, Cambodia is seeing a sharp uptick in COVID-19 cases that has now spread to five provinces outside Phnom Penh.
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As COVID-19 Cases Surge, PM Asks Government, Private Sector to Work from Home
PHNOM PENH — The Ministry of Health reported 49 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, the highest number of infections in a single day, resulting in further restrictions from the government.
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National Assembly Clears COVID-19 Law with Harsh Prison Sentences
The Cambodian National Assembly on Friday unanimously passed a draft bill that empowers the government to impose restrictions to curb the spread of infectious diseases but also contains strict prison sentences of up to 20 years.
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Hundreds in Covid-19 Quarantine Transferred From Border Provinces
Hundreds of quarantined returned migrants were transported away from border provinces on Tuesday following an order from the prime minister to relieve the pressure on Covid-19 quarantine centers.
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Authorities checking travelers’ body temperatures at provincial checkpoints
Cambodian authorities are monitoring travelers across the country, including checking their body temperatures, as the February 20 community transmission cluster registered almost 550 positive cases.
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Sites exposed to Covid cluster to reopen
The Phnom Penh Municipal Hall on March 9 allowed 23 sites linked to the February 20 community transmission of Covid-19 to resume operations after their temporary closure.
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Cambodia Aims to Reduce Dependency on US Dollar
The National Bank of Cambodia, the country’s central bank, is aiming to reduce the country’s dependence on the U.S. dollar with the introduction of digital currencies and the phasing out of small-denomination U.S. currency – $1, $2 and $5 bills – in favor of the local currency, the riel.
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Search for sunken UXO wrecks expanding to Kandal, Prey Veng
Prime Minister Hun Sen has instructed officials to continue searching for unexploded ordnance (UXO) in and around a shipwreck in the Mekong River and in four other areas of Kandal and Prey Veng provinces.
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