Migrant workers to isolate themselves

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Migrant workers returning from Thailand are being told by the authorities to isolate themselves for 14 days in a bid to prevent a spread of COVID-19.

 

Some 40,000 migrant workers returned to the Kingdom following the closure of the Thai-Cambodian border, said Interior Minister Sar Kheng. Mr Kheng said Banteay Meanchey province saw the highest number of returnees with 9,296 migrants, followed by Battambang province’s 7,694, Siem Reap province’s 5,255 and Tboung Khmum province’s 1,393.

 

He said that as the virus spreads in a village, the authorities there can implement lockdown measures. Cambodia currently has recorded 103 cases of COVID-19 as of Saturday. Dara Sonang, a migrant who returned to Takeo province on March 22, said he worked in Thailand for five years and only went home because of the virus spread there.

 

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