FYI this insurance now covers COVID and can be bought for short periods and depending on your age seems cheaper than most... ( not sure if this belongs here)

https://safetywing.com/nomad-insurance

Check the covid-19 insurance which appears now to be mandatory in Cambodia. Mandatory as in the government wants you to purchase ahead of your arrival a Cambodian policy.

This is what I got from them yesterday. I had posted this just now on another thread but I guess it wont hurt to add it here as well. Cut and paste from the email:


To enter Cambodia, you must show:



Health Certificate of Covid 19 Negative
Insurance Certificate with effective before or date you arrive Cambodia. Only from Forte Insurance Cambodia.



Quotation:



Period 20 day, price $ 90
Period 1 month, price $ 120
Period 3 month, price $ 250

Ministry Urges Strict Watch After Two Flee From Covid-19 Quarantine
4 min read

Uy Sothea, Som Dara and Pech Sotheary
| Wed Aug 5, 2020 4:49 pm

The Health Ministry has instructed Phnom Penh and provincial authorities to tighten security at Covid-19 quarantine centers after two men who have tested negative escaped from a designated site in Prey Veng province for several hours on Monday.

Health Ministry spokesperson Or Vandine said on Tuesday that government-mandated quarantines had generally gone smoothly since the government lifted travel restrictions in May, but some individuals had managed to flee from quarantine centers.

“ would like the local authorities and law enforcement officers to increase their ability in guarding more strictly to avoid escapes from the quarantine center,” Vandine said.

She asked all those who are placed in quarantine to be patient, and warned that those who violate quarantine requirements could be punished under the law. Vandine said that a quarantine escapist can be fined on-the-spot between 200,000 and 1 million riel ($50 to $250), while a person who escapes after testing positive for Covid-19 could be criminally charged.

“If people try to escape from the quarantine centers, it is a wrongdoing, and authorities and the Health Ministry will question and evaluate [the violation] according to the level and size of your action, and the working group will decide how to fine [you for] the crime,” she said.

The ministry announcement came after two Cambodian men who returned from Malaysia on July 23 fled from quarantine in Prey Veng on Monday and were found by authorities several hours later.

Prey Veng provincial deputy governor Chan Tha said the pair, ages 21 and 32, had skipped out on quarantine on Monday at about 4:30 p.m. after 12 days in a Prey Veng high school. The first man was found at 8:30 p.m. in Prey To Toeng commune and the second at 9:15 p.m. in Prek Changkran commune, both within the province’s Sithor Kandal district, Tha said.

They both had tested negative for the virus three times, he said, adding that this was the reason they told authorities that they decided to leave the quarantine site.

“They do not understand their duties. They have duties to stay in quarantine for 14 days based on the guidelines of the Ministry of Health but they are careless,” Tha said. “They said three sample tests were always negative so they think that they do not have the disease and they escaped.”
https://vodenglish.news/ministry-urges- ... uarantine/

^^

" escaped from a designated site "

I am not a number, I am a free man !!!!!

Great show. Too bad it didn't last longer. Same for the original Star Trek. Oh well, at least we have loads of superheroes now.

Cambodia Reports 3 New COVID-19 Cases; 1 Recovered
AKP Phnom Penh, August 08, 2020 --

Cambodian Ministry of Health has announced to detect 3 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the tally thus rose to 246.

According to the ministry’s press release made public this morning, the new confirmed cases are Cambodian young men returning from Pakistan via Malaysia. They were tested positive on their second test or the 7th day of their quarantine.

Meanwhile, another cured case was reported on a 29-year-old Cambodian man from Indonesia, bringing the total number of recovered patients to 215 or 87.40 percent of the total cases.
- AKP

Two women entering the Kingdom have tested positive for coronavirus.

2 New COVID-19 Cases; 2 Recovered Reported
AKP Phnom Penh, August 09, 2020 --

There are two new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and two cured cases reported in Cambodia, announced the Ministry of Health in a press release made public this morning.

One of the two new patients is a 27-year-old Cambodian female peacekeeper returning from her UN mission in Mali. She was tested positive on her 5th test. She was admitted to a hospital in Takhmao town, Kandal province.

The other one is a 41-year-old Canadian woman from Uzbekistan. She arrived in Cambodia on Aug 7 along with her two children. She was admitted to Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital.

The other passengers on the same flight tested negative have been put under 14-day quarantine.

Therefore, the total number of confirmed cases in the Kingdom rose to 248, including 164 Cambodians, 40 French, 13 Malaysians, 8 Indonesians, 6 Americans, 5 British, 3 Chinese, 3 Vietnamese, 3 Canadians, 1 Belgian, 1 Indian, and 1 Kazakhstani.

On the other hand, the two cured cases are Cambodian men returning home from Pakistan, bringing the total number of recovered patients to 217 or 87.50 percent of the total cases.
AKP

Based on what?

Some countries have very low Case Fatality Rates.

Iceland had 10 deaths of 2000 cases.

Uganda had 6 of 1200.

Sri Lanka 11 of 2900.

Thailand 58 of 3351.

Hong Kong 51 of 4000.

August 7, 2020
Basic precautions ignored at capital’s air departure lounge

Major precautions are being taken to curb COVID-19 within Cambodia, yet smaller everyday preventions are being neglected at Phnom Penh airport’s departure lounge.

On Aug 1, flights to and from Malaysia were banned because of the number of COVID-19 cases coming into the Kingdom from outside the country. The ban on these flights is aimed to curb the spread of the pandemic to the public when Cambodia celebrates the significant Khmer New Year holiday from Aug 17 until Aug 21.

This week in a turn of events 10 insurance companies were approved by the Ministry of Economy and Finance to insure certified business travellers to enter Cambodia during the pandemic. But this does not come without precautions including a COVID-19 negative test done within the last 72 hours of entering Cambodia, COVID medical examination on arrival and a $2,000 deposit on the way in.

The Health Ministry this week reported more cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the Kingdom to 243, with 210 recovered, 219 imported, 24 local infections – but no deaths.

Prime Minister HE has also recently warned people not to forget to protect themselves from the virus by following all recommended hygiene and transmission prevention measures. He said he had observed that the population is becoming less cautious of the disease than before.

“People should be very careful and not underestimate the Coronavirus because the respiratory disease is deadly and there is no cure for it yet,” he said.

That being said, the precautions at the departure lounge of Phnom Penh International airport seem to be slacking. Although a lot of people seem to be abiding by wearing masks and some people even wearing full protective suits, the majority of people are not sticking to social-distancing rules.

Furthermore, there were no temperature checks being taken on the way into the departure lounge and no sign of any hand sanitisers.
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50752612/b ... re-lounge/