Our condo will get jab tomorrow, I live in BKK3. All organized by the office of our condo.

Cambodia's latest Covid-19 outbreaks target factory workers and prisoners:

53 mins ago - BREAKING NEWS
Nearly 100 Covid-19 cases reported in the provinces
Mao Chanvireak / Khmer Times
The Kampong Cham Provincial Administration revealed identity of 93 people infected with Covid-19 as mostly garment workers.

Choeung Prey district reported 34 cases, Batheay district also reported 34 cases, Prey Chhor district reported nine cases and Kampong Siem reported six cases.
The administration asked people who had contact with the patients to have a health check, get tested and contact local authorities at 070 828 788 or 012 736 755.

Meanwhile, Kampong Chhnang province reported three cases and Kampong Thom province reported seven cases.
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50860276/n ... provinces/


24 mins ago - BREAKING NEWS
52 inmates found to be infected with Covid-19 in Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville
A total of 52 inmates in Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville were found to be infected with Covid- 19.

According to Nuth Savana, spokesman for the General Department of Prisons, 18 of 52 inmates were detected at Phnom Penh Municipal Prison.

The remaining 34 were detected at Sihanoukville prison in early May.

The infection in Phnom Penh’s Prey Sar prison was believed to have started with a Taiwanese inmate who was awaiting deportation.
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50860289/5 ... noukville/

Phnom Penh Vaccinations

Cambodia News, (Phnom Penh): The vaccination team of the Ministry of National Defense for the past 20 days has given the first dose of vaccination against Covid-19 to more than 750,000 people, while more than 190,000 people have received the second dose, which started on May 16 .
The red areas where the army is currently vaccinating include Khan Meanchey, Khan Dangkor, Khan Kambol, Khan Por Senchey, Khan Russey Keo and Khan Toul Kork.

Mr. Ith Sarath also called on people who have already been vaccinated with the second dose to keep the temporary immunization form properly, in particular, those who have received a vaccination card must be careful not to lose it because it may be necessary to use in the future.

So, as of midnight last night 21/22 May, things are almost back to normal in 'Yellow Zones' - no curfews, purchase of alcohol permitted, inside-dining in restaurants & cafes. This is an interesting section of the report in this morning's Phnom Penh Post:

"Businesses including cafes, restaurants and markets can let customers sit and eat inside their venues as normal but must implement health measures by requiring all customers to scan the "Stop Covid" QR code before entering. Also, customers have to wear masks, take temperature and respect other preventive measures."

Well, yes. About eating and drinking in restaurants and cafes while wearing masks?

Er ... um ... how is that supposed to work?

Matthew Robinson wrote: ↑Sat May 22, 2021 12:56 pm how is that supposed to work?

Sorry, I took the best image I found on Google :



Look the sixth.

Matthew Robinson wrote: ↑Sat May 22, 2021 12:56 pm Well, yes. About eating and drinking in restaurants and cafes while wearing masks?

Er ... um ... how is that supposed to work?

It's like the airlines in the US that make a stink about wearing masks......and then 10 minutes into the flight are offering you a package of pretzels and water.

Just play the game........

...........I have to say that as a whole, I'm quite embarrassed and disappointed in humanity in general and it's handling of covid.......from the hoarding of toilet paper........to discounting science..........to the lack of strong leadership emerging in place of wilting lilies in government.......to the conspiracy theorists.......it seems that covid has really put a spotlight on our deficiencies as a human race.........

......hopefully at the conclusion of this we'll have a net positive and come out the other end as a better and more competent global society in the face of great challenges.

Brody! "......hopefully at the conclusion of this we'll have a net positive and come out the other end as a better and more competent global society in the face of great challenges."

Sure. Just so long as you don't call it the 'New Normal'.

Matthew Robinson wrote: ↑Sat May 22, 2021 3:34 pm Brody! "......hopefully at the conclusion of this we'll have a net positive and come out the other end as a better and more competent global society in the face of great challenges."

Sure. Just so long as you don't call it the 'New Normal'.

Sorry, but this is the "new normal" : schools to reopen "soon" (maybe).

85% of educational staff vaccinated, schools to reopen in new normal
Voun Dara | Publication date 22 May 2021 | 11:24 ICT

Eighty-five per cent of the country's 158,000 teachers and educational staff have been vaccinated against Covid-19 as schools are set to reopen in the near future with the community outbreak subsiding.

Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport spokesman Ros Soveachar told The Post on May 22 that the ministry has held meetings and worked out a strategy to resume classes after the end of the February 20 outbreak.

The strategy, he said, focused on health and safety in the education sector in compliance with preventive measures in the context of Covid-19.

For the time being, students across the country have to continue distance learning and abide by preventive health measures including the "three protections and three don’ts".
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ ... new-normal

1 min ago - BREAKING NEWS
New C-19 outbreak in Bavet with 96 cases

The Svay Rieng Provincial Administration today reported 96 new cases of Covid-19. Most of them are factory workers in Bavet city’s Special Economic Zone.

Provincial health department director Keo Ratha said that patient zero was a man who transports vegetables from Svay Rieng province to Doeum Kor market in Phnom Penh.

He said that the man passed Covid-19 to his wife who works in a factory in the Special Economic Zone.

When the man was found to be positive, his wife was tested and also found to be positive.

This led to 871 workers at the “Yuli” factory being tested where the 96 new cases were discovered.
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50860641/n ... -96-cases/

Cambodia Receives 1 Million More Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine from China
AKP Phnom Penh, May 23, 2021 --

One million more doses of Sinovac vaccine Cambodia bought from China arrived in Phnom Penh this morning.

H.E. Dr. Yuok Sambath, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Health, accompanied by her colleagues welcomed the arrival of the vaccines at Phnom Penh International Airport.

Phnom Penh capital and Kandal province will remain the priorities for the newly arrived vaccines, underlined the secretary of state.

According to H.E. Dr. Yuok Sambath, more vaccines against COVID-19 will arrive in Cambodia in June.

With the newly arrived doses, Cambodia has received over 6 million doses of vaccines: 1.7 million doses of China-donated Sinopharm, 4 million doses of Sinovac bought from China, and 324,000 doses of AstraZeneca/SII (COVISHIELD) via COVAX Facility.

As of yesterday, 2,253,044 people, both military and civil, throughout Cambodia have got the first dose of COVID-19 vaccination, while over 1,514,072 million have been fully vaccinated or already obteained their second jab.

Cambodia has set to vaccinate some 10 million people or 62 percent of the total population against COVID-19 and up to the half of 2022, more than 95 percent are expected to be inoculated.

By C. Nika
AKP