Cambodia denies lifting mandatory quarantine for unvaccinated travellers

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Cambodia  has denied lifting the mandatory quarantine mandatory for unvaccinated travallers. Premier Hun Sen said that the Minister of Tourism Thong Khon requested him for considering to lift the mandatory  quarantine for unvaccinated travellers, the same as Vietnam is planning to do so, but he said that the request has been denied.

 

“Because we are pushing people to get vaccinated against Covid-19, if we lift the mandatory quarantine for unvaccinated people, people might be thinking that being vaccinated is less important, and we can’t let unvaccinated travellers move freely as this  will affect the herd immunity goal in our community,” he said.

 

Speaking at the meeting with more than 800 Samdech Techo Volunteer Youth Doctor Association at the peace palace today, he added “We already reduced the quarantine period from 14 days to 7 days for unvaccinated travellers.

 

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