armchairlawyer wrote: ↑Sun Apr 04, 2021 8:33 am As I said earlier (on another thread I believe):
I think this will resolve when it becomes acceptable to take payment for vaccines, for whatever reason that is a big no-no atm. Khmers are wonderful to westerners but they do have a deeply held belief that we should not get anything for free. The problem in this scenario is that there are good reasons in terms of national health for vaccinating older people and the whole country will be impacted if there is an outbreak amongst unvaccinated older barangs.

boofhead wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 10:44 pm but as it stands my future as a teacher beyond this current shutdown of schools is uncertain

KTabi wrote: ↑Sun Apr 04, 2021 11:15 am

boofhead wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 10:44 pm but as it stands my future as a teacher beyond this current shutdown of schools is uncertain

Have they given you a rough timeline of when they expect schools to be open again? Any rumors on the streets? Best of luck to you in your pursuits.

boofhead wrote: ↑Sun Apr 04, 2021 12:35 pm I would not expect any reopening to be until teachers have received the second doses at least, which will be at least a month away and even then there would be some time after the second dose for antibodies to reach acceptable levels. Until the reopening I'm at least still employed albeit teaching from home which is far from ideal.

KTabi wrote: ↑Sun Apr 04, 2021 12:47 pm

boofhead wrote: ↑Sun Apr 04, 2021 12:35 pm I would not expect any reopening to be until teachers have received the second doses at least, which will be at least a month away and even then there would be some time after the second dose for antibodies to reach acceptable levels. Until the reopening I'm at least still employed albeit teaching from home which is far from ideal.

Makes sense, I suppose they want to coverage for high density areas like schools. Is there a sense they seek to have kids vaccinated as well before opening? From charts I saw Cambodia was one of the last projected to have good vaccine coverage, like late 2022 or early 2023. I heard about salary cuts and I imagine many are out of work, despite not being ideal I'm glad some people like yourself are still able to teach and keep kids from falling behind. Looking at the situation I can't imagine English teaching in person being back to where it was in 2019 until maybe past September, no?

boofhead wrote: ↑Sun Apr 04, 2021 12:59 pm As for kids being vaccinated, I'm unsure but the experience overseas seems to suggest that vaccinating the young is not a priority anywhere at this stage.

jah steu wrote: ↑Sun Apr 04, 2021 11:41 pm

boofhead wrote:

jah steu wrote: ↑Sun Apr 04, 2021 12:25 am Whilst I agree that it would be easy for the embassies to compile lists of their citizens who want to be vaccinated, the Cambodian government ALREADY has this list in effect, from their online vaccine registration system.
Whilst the system is all in Khmer, it is definitely recording foreigner registrations.
When you get your official vaccination card, it has a QR code on it that is linked to your details in this registration system.
So the local authorities could just provide this list of registered foreigners to all the vaccination centres right now. Why the need for “embassy letters” etc?


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A French couple at the hospital at the same time as me had these official vaccination cards with QR codes but were likewise turned away.

The blue plastic vaccination cards with QR codes I’m referring to are only issued when you have already been vaccinated. I’m not sure what cards you are referring to.


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