‘Please, we are not animals’: virus fears weigh on Cambodia’s garment workers

[geovalin]

Cambodia’s garment factories remain open despite growing fears among workers about catching the virus.

 

Climbing onto a crowded truck each morning, Cambodian seamstress Sim Samphor cannot help but worry about catching the coronavirus that has closed down most of the country in recent weeks.

 

Schools, restaurants and casinos have been ordered to shut, religious gatherings and sporting fixtures banned, and hotels turned into makeshift hospitals by the government.

 

Parliament passed a law on Friday to pave the way for a state of emergency, which Prime Minister Hun Sen has said he might have to declare to reinforce the campaign against the virus that has infected 120-odd people in Cambodia.

 

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[ChrisY1]

I doubt very much that Hun Sen gives a fig about the people.....as long as his families businesses keep producing!

[Redline]

120 cases ???? they just closed the casinos April 1

[phycokiller]

7 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:

I doubt very much that Hun Sen gives a fig about the people.....as long as his families businesses keep producing!

he does seem to care about those garment factories. I presume because if those workers turn against him it might be the end of him