Ban on crowds to curb COVID-19 pandemic from becoming an epidemic but how about factory workers?

[geovalin]

The government has effectively banned many forms of gathering of more than 10 people to curb the spread of COVID-19 which seems to be under control for the past few days.

 

People are wondering whether this is just the lull before the story with a new wave of infections being tested positive or has the curve been flattened. To be fair, the infection rates in Cambodia has been low compared to neighboriung countries except for Lao and Myanmar. However, this is not the indicator as there isn’t sufficient information on testing such as how many tests administered and on how many patients, total testing to date, and number of tests compared to number of patients.

 

Amid all this, factory workers are daily being packed into various modes of transportation such as vans, trucks and even small tractors with a trailer attached. What about these workers? They are working in a tinder box environment, travel to and fro to work in a vehicle which is packed worse than sardines. They are at high risks as most of them have contact with their families in the provinces and live in quite insavoury and unhygienic conditions, packed 5 to 10 people in a small room with hardly any ventilation.

 

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[tropo]

And what about construction workers. Curiously they are going about their jobs as though the virus doesn't exist. This particular building site next door has up to 50 workers at a time on site, and they mingle with the suppliers for concrete, steel and other materials who in turn will have many workers at their depots.

 

One would not be so surprised about this if the city wasn't in virtual lockdown with nearly everything shuttered. None of the workers wear masks and there's no distancing going on as in other business that are still open.

 

[KhunFred]

Go ahead. Destroy your economy. Farangs will reap the benefits and then be blamed for it.

[ChrisY1]

"The government has effectively banned many forms of gathering of more than 10 people"......with the exception of Immigration offices, police stations a government committee meetings