Sunday could see the highest COVID-19 positive cases in Cambodia, more than 600 already logged tonight: COVID-19 Unofficial Update

[geovalin]

Cambodia could see its highest number of a single day COVID-19 positive cases tomorrow if current numbers logged at 11pm increases by the end of testing time scheduled for midnight today. At this time of posting, more than 600 positive cases have already been logged, according to officials familiar with these numbers.

 

Cambodia’s battle to contain the Coronavirus and flatten the curve has become more and more challenging day by day. On Friday, 511 cased were discovered, Thursday, 655 cases were detected, while on Wednesday, 446 cases were reported, Tuesday had 303 cases recorded, 431 cases recorded on Monday and 624 cases logged last Sunday with 618 cases reported on Saturday, 17 April.

 

As of this evening’s Ministry of Health’s release, Cambodia has logged 9,359 positive cases since the very first case was recorded on January 23, 2020 in Sihanoukville. A total of 71 fatalities have also been reported.

 

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[Sheryl]

I am very concerned about the food situation for those many residents in Phnom Penh who were not able to stockpile, or stockpiled an insufficient amount. Especially in cases where there is a child under 5 in the household.

 

From the start people were (contrary to public announcement) not allowed to venture out to buy food; now all the food markets are officially shot.  Delivery of rations by the government, if in fact happening, has nto reached anyone i know of.

 

As it is about 1/3 of Cambodian children under age 5 suffer from chronic malnutiriton. These weeks without access to food or with access very limited could exact a terrble toll among young children.

[from the home of CC]

with the porous borders throughout these regions covid has the potential (especially with evolving mutations occurring from runaway disease rates) to become a total nightmare beyond what's been seen so far. As noted above, disease is far from the only result of western industrialized nations ignoring the plight of billions. They can crow about their 'vaccination percentages' all they want but allowing this pox to go unchecked will come back and bite those smugly declaring a win, right on the butt. If this is not tackled as a world problem, nobody is going to beat this bug.