CEOCambodiaNews wrote: ↑Mon Mar 16, 2020 9:06 am 'We're not being quarantined. We're being detained.' Americans stuck in Cambodia amid pandemic
Deirdre Shesgreen Kim Hjelmgaard
USA TODAY
15 March 2020
When Ryan Knapp and his wife booked a Viking River cruise along the Mekong Delta, they thought it would be a dream trip – a chance to finally see Angkor Wat, the stunning Buddhist temple complex, and explore other parts of Cambodia.

But what began as a long-anticipated vacation on a luxury cruise has become a stress-filled nightmare.

With the COVID-19 pandemic spreading like wildfire across the globe, the Illinois couple is now stranded in a foreign country that is housing them in a "filthy," dilapidated hotel, after three other passengers on the vessel tested positive for the virus.

They have no idea when, or how, they will be able to return to the United States.

"We’re just feeling helpless. It’s hard to see exactly how this plays out," the 57-year-old Knapp said during a phone interview from what he described as an "abandoned hotel" in Kampong Cham, a city in southeastern Cambodia where they were forced to disembark from their cruise. The Viking Mekong is styled as a colonial-era French riverboat.

Foreign governments have been pressuring Cambodian authorities at the highest levels to move the Americans and other foreign nationals to another hotel or more sanitary surroundings, but the Cambodian government has insisted on keeping them at the hotel, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The person spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of jeopardizing relations with Cambodia's government. The person said there is another, separate luxury cruise ship currently stuck in Phnom Penh that also has Americans and foreigners on board.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/wor ... 053446002/

An American couple that criticised Cambodian quarantine methods to a US-based newspaper was tested Covid-19 positive, Prime Minister HE said on Wednesday.
He said the couple is among the Viking Cruise Journey passengers who are quarantined in Kampong Cham province, and among two others who were confirmed positive for the disease on Tuesday.
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ ... et-virus-0

miciur wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 3:56 pm I hear now. King announced the state of emergency. News is not checked!!

CEOCambodiaNews wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 10:34 am Government Struggles to Monitor Returning Migrant Workers for Coronavirus
25 March 2020

PHNOM PENH — Only 35 of the around 15,000 Cambodian migrant workers who returned to the country from Thailand have been tested for the coronavirus, with Interior Minister Sar Kheng admitting the government was incapable of testing everyone.

After Thailand announced it was closing all land border crossings with Cambodia, thousands of Cambodians flocked to the border attempting to get back before the ban was enforced on Sunday. The Interior Minister pegged the number of returnees at 15,000.

However, the Banteay Meanchey Health Department reported that only 35 individuals had been tested for the respiratory disease at the Poipet border crossing, a major checkpoint for the movement of workers and goods between Cambodia and Thailand.

Keo Sopheaktra, director at the Banteay Meanchey Provincial Health Department, said the 35 were tested because they had a high temperature and showed some symptoms, such as a sore throat.

“We have found 35 people on Monday and their sample were sent to Phnom Penh,” Kep Sopheaktra said.

He added that the 35 Cambodians were currently placed under observation at Cambodia-Japan Friendship Hospital and Poipet Referral Hospital.

Interior Minister Sar Kheng admitted Tuesday that Cambodian authorities could not monitor all 15,000 of people nor enforce a 14-day quarantine for all the returnees.

However, he ordered provincial authorities to monitor those who had just returned and search for people who may have had the disease.

“Please explain to them not to touch each other,” he said. “If there is any one in the village who is positive, quarantine the whole family or the whole village.”
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/5344353.html

King Keil wrote: ↑Wed Mar 25, 2020 10:39 pm

Doc67 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 25, 2020 9:42 pm

Clemen wrote: ↑Wed Mar 25, 2020 5:44 pm "Small Country, Big Heart: Cambodia Announces Free Treatment for All Covid-19 Patients"

“Cambodia is poor, but we have big heart. We cover all the expenses for Covid-19 patients both local and foreigners in the Kingdom,” the premier said.
http://m.en.freshnewsasia.com/index.php ... 49-35.html

How much is a couple of paracetamol and a blast of oxygen anyway.

From some of the videos clips getting out of Spanish hospitals, things are even worse there. When all the beds are full you are better off at home.

Coronavirus: Hospital from hell where coughing patients lay slumped on floor in corridor



https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/c ... s-21736869

That is a good question. Saw a report from an italian hospital where they said 90% that they put on a respirator are dying anyway. I would prefer to fight it out at home in cambodia because there would only be my gf who could make it worse.

clutchcargo wrote:“I have assigned authorities at each province to designate specific quarantine sites or monitor the workers sequestered at home,” Mr HE added.'