Unrelenting COVID-19 spread in Cambodia as a result of the February 20 Community Event with 39 new positive cases, bringing tally to 751 and national total to 1,264

[geovalin]

The onslaught of COVID-19 in Cambodia, arising from the now infamous February 20 Community event, continues unabated with 39 new positive cases. This brings the Community Event Cluster total to 751 while the national tally increased to 1,264. Late last night, Khmer Times has reported that more than 20 COVID-19 positive cases had already been identified by 9pm last night.

Today’s cases comprise 21 in Phnom Penh, consisting of 17 Cambodians and 4 Chinese nationals, Sihanoukville with 1 case involving a 33-year-old Cambodian female, Kandal with 4 cases affecting 3 Vietnamese nationals, of whom one was a female and 1 Cambodian and Prey Veng has emerged as the nation’s third hot spot with another 13 cases involving 11 Cambodians of whom 4 are females and 2 female Vietnamese nationals.

Cambodia’s total of 1,264 cases now comprise: 601 Cambodians, 450 Chinese, 45 French, 27 Indonesians, 11 Malaysians, 12 Americans, 57 Vietnamese, 6 British, 5 Indians, 3 Canadians, 2 Hungarians, 2 Pakistanis, 3 Japanese, 2 Nigerians, 1 Belgian, 1 Kazakhstani, 1 Polish, 1 Jordanian, 1 Swiss, 1 Czech, and 2 Koreans, 2 Singaporean.

 

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[wombat]

Have bars in PP been told to close?

[Burma Bill]

6 hours ago, wombat said:

Have bars in PP been told to close?

To my knowledge, no, but there are strict new regulations in place in the city and surrounding communes regarding public health, such as the compulsory wearing of face-masks, social distancing, cleansers etc. with hefty fines if ignored. However in Kampot, on Cambodia's southern coast (reference Khmer Times February 27):-

On the night of February 22^nd, , Major General Mao Chanthurith – the  Commissioner of the Kampot Provincial Police – ordered the provincial police force to conduct street by street inspections of entertainment businesses and to temporarily close all KTV business and entertainment clubs including karaokes, bars, discos, beer cruises, and beer gardens. “Sleepy” Kampot has long enjoyed a reputation as one of Cambodia’s party hotspots, with a large expat community enjoying the free and easy Kampot life and it’s weekly schedule of parties, bar-hopping and more.

I live in Siem Reap City and apart from the increase in wearing face-masks, temperature taking and hand sanitization, life is more or less as usual with bars and restaurants open, but for how long??