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Phsar Leu in Preah Sihanouk province continues to record another 56 new Covid patients
The Preah Sihanouk Provincial Administration yesterday afternoon revealed the identities of 56 newly infected Covid-19 patients, including market traders and their families and direct contacts.
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Four Percent GDP Growth Hinges on Current Outbreak, ADB Says
Experts at the Asian Development Bank said on Wednesday the 4 percent figure was based on statistical inputs and figures as of March 31. This was well before the current COVID-19 outbreak spread which led to significant lockdowns in some parts of the country, including Phnom Penh.
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‘ Seven Thais detained in Malai district for trying to cross into Cambodia without sufficient documents
Coalition forces stationed along the border in Malai district, Banteay Meanchey province, arrested seven Thai men and women who came to work in Cambodia without sufficient documents in the early hours of Monday in Sangke village, Boeung Beng commune, Malai district, Banteay Meanchey province.
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A total of 22 family members of comedian Ye Ye have tested positive for Covid-19
After announcing that she was infected with Covid-19, comedian Ye Ye revealed another shocking development when she said that a total of 22 members of her family have tested positive for Covid-19.
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NagaCorp Outlook ‘Optimistic’ for Recovery as Workers Wait for Support, Layoffs
NagaWorld earned $102.3 million in net profit last year despite the pandemic and expects a rosier outlook in 2021, according to its latest annual report, though a union leader said workers are concerned about whether they can keep their jobs or receive financial assistance during the pandemic.
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UN envoys call on government to revise draft disabilities protection law
Two UN human rights experts have expressed concern over Cambodia’s draft disability law saying it fails to meet international norms.
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Vietnam Detects UK, South African Variants in Imported Cases from Cambodia
Pasteur Institute of Ho Chi Minh City conducted genetic sequencing of imported cases from Cambodia to Vietnam showing the result that: 85.7 percent of the sample of people returning from Cambodia carried variant B1.1.7 … and 14.3 percent carry variant B.1.351,” Nhan Dan reported.
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Illegal logging continues in protected areas despite COVID-19 restrictions
Those would be illegal loggers, whom environmental activists say have remained active in Prey Preah Roka Wildlife Sanctuary in Preah Vihear province. Though activists say the forest is under threat, government officials have denied illicit logging is happening at all
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Updated: City Hall Puts More Communes in Red, Orange Zones
Phnom Penh City Hall issued its list of red, orange and yellow lockdown zones Tuesday evening, including some communes having multiple colors depending on the village.
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Updated: Covid-19 Lockdown, Red Zones Extended to May 5
The 14-page decision, signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen and dated April 26, said the government would “continue to lock down Phnom Penh and Takhmao city in Kandal province geographically to fight against and prevent the spread of Covid for seven more days until May 5.”
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Indian Embassy launches Scholarships for 2021-22 and Sanskrit App ‘Little Guru’
The Indian Embassy yesterday held a webinar on the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) scholarship, during which it announced the launch of a new Sanskrit learning app.
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26 arrested for violating lockdown
Sixteen Indonesians and two Cambodians were arrested for attempting to travel from Phnom Penh to Poipet city in Banteay Meanchey province during the lockdown on Wednesday.
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GMAC calls on members to provide allowances to workers in locked down areas
The Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) has that the government’s lockdown measures has severely affected the ability of the garment, footwear and travel products sector to help workers. GMAC has called on its members in the restricted area to provide benefits to workers to facilitate their daily lives.
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Number of people seeking mental health services is alarmingly high
Seang Leap, a psychologist at the Cambodian Intercultural Psychosocial Organization (TPO), said that the TPO still offers medical, educational and psychological services, both online and in person and that there were alarmingly large numbers.
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Military general nabbed for transporting foreigners, violating travel ban
A senior military official was arrested on April 21 in Svay Rieng province related to transporting 28 Chinese travelling out of Phnom Penh amid a government ban on inter-provincial travel to fight against the spread of Covid- 19.
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Four jailed a year each over drinking party
Four men who violated the government’s alcohol ban were sentenced to one year in jail and fined about $250 each by the Takeo Provincial Court on Tuesday.
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Helping Phnom Penh’s needy during lockdown – The COVD Help story
in this extraordinary period of lockdown in Phnom Penh, many of us have grumbled about the inconvenience to our daily lives.
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Sar Kheng Issues Warning Against Police Using Violence in Lockdown
Interior Minister Sar Kheng has warned police officers to refrain from the use of violence to enforce COVID-19 lockdown measures in Phnom Penh after photos emerged on social media of officials beating people.
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No sparing the rod: Some law enforcement officers caning curfew breakers
Law enforcement officers in some parts of the capital have resorted to corporal punishment and are caning curfew breakers to get them to comply with lockdown measures.
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Mass closure of garment factories leaves workers unpaid, struggling to survive in lockdown
Many of the thousands of garment workers now under Cambodia’s strictest COVID-19 lockdown restrictions are finding themselves unpaid, suspended indefinitely from the capital area’s hundreds of factories and, as of yet, with little help from outside.
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