Some 180 factories in Cambodia suspend operations, affecting over 150,000 workers due to COVID-19

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Some 180 factories in Cambodia suspend operations, affecting over 150,000 workers due to COVID-19

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Cambodia might not have many reported cases, (low testing, few infections reported)
but this economic virus will be much worse than a few hundred dying...

add in the migrants overseas not working, not sending money home, no tourists, no tax being collected from hotels, angkor wat, etc etc
PHNOM PENH, May 5 (Xinhua) -- At least 180 garment, footwear and travel goods factories in Cambodia have suspended their operations, affecting over 150,000 workers due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, local media reported on Tuesday.

"About 180 factories have suspended their operations, with 60 more in the pipeline, which is wreaking havoc on the more than 150,000 workers temporarily suspended from work without clear indication of work resumption as of now and close to 200,000 soon," the Khmer Times reported, quoting an open letter from the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) on Monday.

"This will impact not only the workers but also the 2 million Cambodian family members who depend on them," the letter said.
"Cambodia has yet to receive any orders from buyers for both May and June, as well as for the foreseeable future. We can conclude that exports of garments and footwear will be hit hard in the second quarter this year," he said.
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-0 ... 032719.htm

How many of those 70 or so Factories they reported opening in the first quarter, are still open??
In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. HST
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