The Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Cambodia
have expressed concerns about the presence of the B.1.617 strain of the
novel coronavirus, the latest cases of which were detected in three
Cambodian migrant workers returning from Thailand over the weekend.
Cambodia’s government held a ceremony to commemorate the delivery of the
first drop of oil extracted from the country’s offshore deposits, but the
partner company that produced it went bankrupt days earlier and activists
said oil is not the answer to the country’s ailing economy.
The government kicked off its post-lockdown cash handout programme on June
10, with projected transfers of around $4 million to more than 60,000
households affected by the recent large-scale lockdowns in Phnom Penh,
Kandal province’s Takhmao town and Sihanoukville. Prime Minister Hun Sen has
provided about $813,000 to 24 provinces for one-week quarantine from today
until June 13.
