timmydownawell wrote: ↑Thu Apr 29, 2021 6:59 am

Phnom Poon wrote: ↑Wed Apr 28, 2021 9:57 pm nearly 700 cases today
compared to when the lockdown was imposed
there's really no justification for opening up the inner city as they are
or provincial travel, and certainly not 'tourist resorts'

but of course policy is not being set for the benefit of the people
but for the safety, convenience, and business interests of the 'leadership'

I agree. It reminds me of how the Melbourne outbreak was handled last year, with several suburbs being locked down initially, which failed to contain the outbreak, before the lockdown being extended to the whole city. My sister was in one of the first suburbs and by the time it finished she'd been locked down for seven months. It would have been better and faster if they'd gone hard from the start instead of attempting the piecemeal approach which Phnom Penh is now trying to emulate.

timmydownawell wrote: ↑Wed Apr 28, 2021 11:28 am Stuck in a red zone? It's not all bad. At least you will get vaccinated.

All People In Red Zones To Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19
ចេញផ្សាយ ថ្ងៃទី ២៨ ខែ មេសា ឆ្នាំ ២០២១
AKP Phnom Penh, April 28, 2021 --

All people of 18 years old and over living in Red zones, including foreigners, will get inoculations against the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a voice message last night, Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo HE ordered to vaccinate all people in Phnom Penh capital and Kandal province – about 3 million people according to him – by beginning with the Red zones to build herd immunity against COVID-19.

The Premier agreed to use the 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines in stock and the 400,000 doses of China-donated Sinopharm vaccine, which will arrive in Cambodia tonight, for the inoculation.

https://www.information.gov.kh/articles/41296

Phnom Poon wrote: ↑Thu Apr 29, 2021 8:02 am i predict that the leafier areas, with villas, or upmarket shops, or corporate offices, and essentially central phnom penh
will not see red

all the people that benefit from these spaces are now vaxxed
and want to get on with their lives

Doc67 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 29, 2021 7:44 am

timmydownawell wrote: ↑Thu Apr 29, 2021 6:59 am

Phnom Poon wrote: ↑Wed Apr 28, 2021 9:57 pm nearly 700 cases today
compared to when the lockdown was imposed
there's really no justification for opening up the inner city as they are
or provincial travel, and certainly not 'tourist resorts'

but of course policy is not being set for the benefit of the people
but for the safety, convenience, and business interests of the 'leadership'

I agree. It reminds me of how the Melbourne outbreak was handled last year, with several suburbs being locked down initially, which failed to contain the outbreak, before the lockdown being extended to the whole city. My sister was in one of the first suburbs and by the time it finished she'd been locked down for seven months. It would have been better and faster if they'd gone hard from the start instead of attempting the piecemeal approach which Phnom Penh is now trying to emulate.

It seems you are of the view that this Red/Orange/Yellow scheme will gradually become darker with a citywide Red zone being an inevitability in the coming weeks? The additional testing capacity in SNK could be the catalyst for a sudden jump in numbers.

I hear a bit of wishful thinking among friends that it is "all getting better" with easing now and "things going in the right direction" and other happy talk. I don't buy it. The authorities are constantly keeping these colour designations under review and people could wake up to find they have been taped in overnight and their yellow or orange status has suddenly become orange or red.

beerlaodrinker wrote:The Khmer Times are reporting 800+ will be announced today. They reported yesterday that Neth Okhna Kith Meng made yet another donation to help. What a truly community minded tycoon he is. Amazing.

Today the Khmer Times described the February 20th event as "outrageous". I suspect this was to convey the shock of the 800+ cases. It could also be to convey the anger felt by the story still on the front page of the Rolls Royce stopped at the Japanese Bridge roundabout with 3 Chinese, an attractive female in skimpy shorts and a driver with instructions to drive to a party condo in Chroy Chumva. I am sure the idea of attractive girls still being driven round in Rolls Royce's with no check on their Covid status must grate on those suffering through loss of life ones and hardship.

clutchcargo wrote: ↑Thu Apr 29, 2021 9:13 am I suppose it depends on whether you look at this as glass half empty or half full.

clutchcargo wrote: ↑Thu Apr 29, 2021 9:13 am
Being in an orange area now triple taped off, I've yet to see whether the police will man all the streets to stop the previous practice of people lifting the tape to get through. I dunno how it's going to work frankly...we'll see in the coming days/weeks I guess..