Prime Minister Hun Sen said the country must “walk one step ahead of Covid” and remain vigilant, including keeping Olympic Stadium as a treatment center — and drinking bottled water rather than from a glass.
A provincial court of appeals has upheld a decision to drop charges against two former Cambodia Daily journalists, potentially bringing to an end a long-running criminal case that has dogged the reporters after the shuttering of their publication.
A volunteer group has been working for the last two months to clean up the riverbank in Chroy Changva district, while also trying to change people’s behaviors when it comes to trash disposal.
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday announced the “end” of the February 20 community transmission, which has resulted in more than 3,000 reported deaths, even as the Omicron variant of the virus registered two more cases in the country on Sunday.
Cambodian civil society figures say they have had limited to no interaction with Facebook over the past few years, despite the social media platform claiming it has a network of NGO contacts in the country.
The Cambodian Health Ministry confirmed the first official case of Omicron variant late Tuesday with the mutated virus found in a passenger arriving from Ghana on Sunday.
More than 200 civil society members and activists gathered for a celebration of human rights on Friday, held almost a month after at least 18 activists and protestors were released from prison.
As Cambodia reopens, some with disabilities face the lingering effects of pandemic lockdowns that disrupted access to prostheses, wheelchairs and related care.
The World Health Organization said on Friday it was seeing an increase in Covid-19 cases, especially in Europe, and that countries needed to be vigilant and learn to live with the virus, commending Cambodia’s approach toward a reopening.
Phnom Penh City Hall flip-flopped on the reopening of KTVs and nightclubs, eventually allowing the entertainment venues to reopen from November 30.
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