Day: July 8, 2021

Cambodia registered up to 1,046 new recoveries from the COVID-19 this morning; bringing the total recovered cases to 50,020, according to a press release of the Ministry of Health.
At the same time, 954 new cases were reported; the tally rose to 58,057, pointed out the same source, adding that among the new infections, 136 are imported, and the rest are community cases related to the Feb. 20 outbreak.
Besides, it underlined, the pandemic claimed 27 new lives; the death toll jumped to 825.
The first COVID-19 case was detected in Cambodia in late January 2020 in Preah Sihanouk province. The confirmed cases have surged quickly this year due to the Feb. 20 community outbreak.

Source: Agency Kampuchea Press

Cambodian alumni of Australian universities have been recognised for outstanding achievement, underlined the Australian Embassy in Cambodia.
“We’re proud to celebrate the achievements of Cambodian alumni of Australian universities who gone on to make outstanding contributions to the community after their time in Australia,” he said.
According to the embassy, Dr. Eng Netra won the Alumnus of the Year Award 2020 for her incredible contributions in policy research, particularly around governance and decentralisation. A graduate of Monash University with a PhD in Political Science, to this day she actively collaborates with the policy research community in Australia.
Ain Chean Toing was awarded the Community Leadership Award for his outstanding work to support the most vulnerable communities in Cambodia. He has leveraged his Master of Education from The University of Adelaide to create a direct noticeable benefit in the communities he works with.
Sao Sereysothea received the Young Leadership Award for her strong drive and engagement after undertaking a Master of Global Food and Agricultural Business at the University of Adelaide. In addition to supporting and mobilising other alumni, she is also a start-up founder, and actively maintains links with her Australian contacts.

Source: Agency Kampuchea Press

The Speaker of Parliament, Mohammed Al-Halbousi, received today, Thursday, the US Ambassador to Iraq, Matthew Tueller.

A statement by Al-Halbousi’s office said that during the meeting, they discussed bilateral relations and the continuation of strengthening security and economic cooperation between the two countries and joint work to confront the challenges of terrorism.

The meeting discussed the importance of continuing the strategic dialogue between the two countries, leading to a strategic partnership in various fields that serves common interests and contributes to supporting Iraq to achieve development and stability.

The meeting also discussed regional and international developments, and a number of issues of common interest.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

The Royal Government will launch the second phase of cash assistance for those who have been seriously affected by COVID-19 stricken lockdown period on July 13.
The launch was announced by the Ministry of Economy and Finance in a press release issued this evening.
This is a one-off post-lockdown support provided to people through Wing electronic payment service provider.
The focus is on the deprived households affected by the Feb. 20 local infection in broad locked-down locations in Phnom Penh, Takhmao town of Kandal province and Preah Sihanouk province.
Households eligible for the assistance are those headed by drivers, construction workers, street vendors, waste collectors and the like, and they are entitled to between 156,000 Riel (about US$39) and 311,000 Riel (nearly US$78)– depending on the size of their family.
Lockdown affected factory workers will receive an amount of 160,000 Riel (US$40) each as a one-off subsidy through an existing mechanism supervised by the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training.
Families with members deceased to COVID-19 will receive 300,000 Riel (US$75) in addition to the five-month cash support to settle utility fees.
Those with infected family members in both within and outside of the broad locked-down areas will receive similar amounts entitled by the marginalised households mentioned above.
This cash relief programme reflects the efforts and high attention of the Royal Government to help reduce the burden of people who have been adversely affected by the pandemic, by leaving no one dying of hunger and without attention.

Source: Agency Kampuchea Press

The vaccination campaign against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Phnom Penh, which began on Feb. 10, was wrapped up today with success and no life has been in danger due to the vaccination.
The remark was made this afternoon by Phnom Penh Municipal Governor H.E. Khuong Sreng at the closing ceremony of the vaccination campaign.
Only more than 23,000 people have not been vaccinated due to health problems, he added.
For her part, H.E. Mrs. Or Vandine, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Health and Chairwoman of National Ad-hoc Commission for COVID-19 Vaccination, said that more than 2,1 million people of 18 years old and over in Phnom Penh have been vaccinated against the deadly disease.
This figure reflects the people’s trust on Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen, she underlined.
Despite the vaccination success, both H.E. Mrs. Or Vandine and H.E. Khuong Sreng called on the public to continue to strictly implement the health safety rules, especially the 3 Dos, 3 Don’t measure.
As of July 7, the vaccination coverage against COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia reached some 47 percent. The figures from the National Ad-hoc Commission for COVID-19 Vaccination show that 4,701,255 people have got their first dose, of them 3,440,930 have already received their second jab.

Source: Agency Kampuchea Press