Selected Q&A on Updates of Covid-19 and Related Matters [Unofficial Translation]
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[Unofficial Translation]
On 9 April 2020, to prevent Covid-19 pandemic, the Royal Government of Cambodia issued an order to restrict traveling in the country as followed:
1. Ban traveling in the whole country. That includes passing by in and out of Phnom Penh (but does not count in travelling inside the capital of Phnom Penh), from one district to another, and one province to another.
2. Prohibition would not impose on goods transportation on land, water and by rail; vehicles and transport means of state institutions - national and subnational - in their daily business operations [...] vehicles and transport means of armed forces on duty [...] ambulance if state and private hospitals [...] fire extinguisher trucks; waste collecting truck; Ministry of Labor's permitted trucks to transport workers [...]
3. The order is taking effect from 2400 hours of 9 April 2020 through to 2400 hours of 16 April 2020.
On 9 April 2020, to prevent Covid-19 pandemic, the Royal Government of Cambodia issued an order to restrict traveling in the country as followed:
1. Ban traveling in the whole country. That includes passing by in and out of Phnom Penh (but does not count in travelling inside the capital of Phnom Penh), from one district to another, and one province to another.
2. Prohibition would not impose on goods transportation on land, water and by rail; vehicles and transport means of state institutions - national and subnational - in their daily business operations [...] vehicles and transport means of armed forces on duty [...] ambulance if state and private hospitals [...] fire extinguisher trucks; waste collecting truck; Ministry of Labor's permitted trucks to transport workers [...]
3. The order is taking effect from 2400 hours of 9 April 2020 through to 2400 hours of 16 April 2020.
[…] I decided to go with the first option, which is to cancel the Khmer New Year holiday. Every state and private institutions must continue to work normally. The state will offer a five-workday holiday at an appropriate time […] Deputy Prime Minister HE Aun Pornmoniroth, after finishing this press conference, must convene a meeting immediately to set out measures for factories and companies to continue working. The Council of Ministers must instruct normal workdays for state institution (during the Khmer New Year) [...]
[…] We are currently fighting on three directions […]. Firstly, to fight against imported infection cases from outside. Almost all of 115 are imported cases [...] secondly, to prevent transmission from cases imported to locals […], and thirdly, to provide effective treatment for infected persons […]
[…] we must have two strategic stocks (of medical equipment/supplies). Firstly, it would be the stock of the Ministry of Health. It supplies to hospitals […] another stock would be under the Royal Government. I have ordered purchase […] the Ministry of Health will be the one to use them but they must ask for permission from me because a refill will be important […]
[…] we have ordered the state company Green Trade and private companies to store rice/paddy, salt, fish – so that they would be available when the state requires. As rain has yet to come, we may have more time to produce more salts […] we also ban exporting bottled drinking water along with fish […] we also are appealing to our people to grow vegetables […] and to practice poultry raising for local consumption […]
[…] calling on understanding of situation among those in private sector […] some have had difficulties paying rent of shops or buildings. They could not make money at this time and there should be some forms of mitigation […] there should not be any confiscation of houses and/or land in this situation […] a number of measures already put forwards by banks but we should observe more […]
[…] We are currently fighting on three directions […]. Firstly, to fight against imported infection cases from outside. Almost all of 115 are imported cases [...] secondly, to prevent transmission from cases imported to locals […], and thirdly, to provide effective treatment for infected persons […]
[…] we must have two strategic stocks (of medical equipment/supplies). Firstly, it would be the stock of the Ministry of Health. It supplies to hospitals […] another stock would be under the Royal Government. I have ordered purchase […] the Ministry of Health will be the one to use them but they must ask for permission from me because a refill will be important […]
[…] we have ordered the state company Green Trade and private companies to store rice/paddy, salt, fish – so that they would be available when the state requires. As rain has yet to come, we may have more time to produce more salts […] we also ban exporting bottled drinking water along with fish […] we also are appealing to our people to grow vegetables […] and to practice poultry raising for local consumption […]
[…] calling on understanding of situation among those in private sector […] some have had difficulties paying rent of shops or buildings. They could not make money at this time and there should be some forms of mitigation […] there should not be any confiscation of houses and/or land in this situation […] a number of measures already put forwards by banks but we should observe more […]
Samdech Techo Hun Sen,
a Press Conference on Covid-19 in Cambodia.
• I have issued an order to store 10 million masks. We must refill the stock every time we used any number of them. The number on stock must stay 10 million at all time [...] we purchase more from abroad and the factory in the province of Preah Sihanouk must continue to produce for us.
• As for the 5,000 sets of personal protective gears/equipment (PPG/E), we continue to place order from abroad and from local suppliers […] while we had 34,000 N95 masks for medical staff in stock of the Ministry of Health, I have ordered a purchase of 200,000 more. This shall increase N95 masks in stock to 50,000. All 5,000 sets of PPG/E will be in stock of the Ministry of Health and they can use them as required [...]
• As for alcohol, previously we had ordered to distill […] we have noted current usage of about 3,000 to 5,000 liter per day. I have ordered to have in the Royal Government’s strategic storage of at least 1 million liters of alcohol. For any usage that takes out from stock, we must refill it [...]
• On another front, food stock, […] we are to consider higher producing capacity of our country of instant noodle. The Royal Government could guarantee buying a certain amount of them and the rest they could sell them in the market. This should also prevent the price from going up [...]
• […] Minister of Agriculture, HE Veng Sokhon, to jump in […] we should also ban exporting fish abroad. We have not done that yet as we had only banned exporting rice/paddy. We should keep fish for local consumption [...]
• I am calling on (Minister of Health), HE Mam Bunheng and (Deputy Prime Minister) Aun Pornmoniroth to think about increasing daily allowance for the frontline medical staff. It has been months that they have not been seeing their families. It is a huge sacrifice. To help them frame their mind on the job, and not to worry too much about their families, please increase their daily allowance […]
• Besides food and everything that I have mentioned earlier, we must also discuss about how to cope with possible need for drinking water. We may ask factories that produce drinking water to supple a certain amount of it for the Royal Government [...] They should be able to help us when something happened in certain location, and there was going to be need for drinking water. We must be able to answer to that need [...]
• As for the 5,000 sets of personal protective gears/equipment (PPG/E), we continue to place order from abroad and from local suppliers […] while we had 34,000 N95 masks for medical staff in stock of the Ministry of Health, I have ordered a purchase of 200,000 more. This shall increase N95 masks in stock to 50,000. All 5,000 sets of PPG/E will be in stock of the Ministry of Health and they can use them as required [...]
• As for alcohol, previously we had ordered to distill […] we have noted current usage of about 3,000 to 5,000 liter per day. I have ordered to have in the Royal Government’s strategic storage of at least 1 million liters of alcohol. For any usage that takes out from stock, we must refill it [...]
• On another front, food stock, […] we are to consider higher producing capacity of our country of instant noodle. The Royal Government could guarantee buying a certain amount of them and the rest they could sell them in the market. This should also prevent the price from going up [...]
• […] Minister of Agriculture, HE Veng Sokhon, to jump in […] we should also ban exporting fish abroad. We have not done that yet as we had only banned exporting rice/paddy. We should keep fish for local consumption [...]
• I am calling on (Minister of Health), HE Mam Bunheng and (Deputy Prime Minister) Aun Pornmoniroth to think about increasing daily allowance for the frontline medical staff. It has been months that they have not been seeing their families. It is a huge sacrifice. To help them frame their mind on the job, and not to worry too much about their families, please increase their daily allowance […]
• Besides food and everything that I have mentioned earlier, we must also discuss about how to cope with possible need for drinking water. We may ask factories that produce drinking water to supple a certain amount of it for the Royal Government [...] They should be able to help us when something happened in certain location, and there was going to be need for drinking water. We must be able to answer to that need [...]
Samdech Techo Hun Sen,
Facebook Page, 25 March 2020.
Selected Schedules
25 March 2020 – Samdech Techo Hun Sen presides over a gathering with Covid-19 volunteer medical staff, at the Peace Palace.
14 March 2020 – Samdech Techo Hun Sen opens the 6th River Festival 2020 in Battambang city of Battambang province.
10 March 2020 – Samdech Techo Hun Sen presides over the graduation and diploma presenting ceremony of Vanda Institute, at Koh Pich.
09 March 2020 – Samdech Techo Hun Sen inaugurates the National Road (NR) 55 and presides over the groundbreaking ceremony to build the NR 10, at Veal Veng, Pursat province.
06 March 2020 – Samdech Techo Hun Sen presides over the ceremony to commemorate the 109th International Women’s Day, at Koh Pich.
04 March 2020 – Samdech Techo Hun Sen closes the annual meeting of the Ministry of Health, at Sokha Phnom Penh Residence.
03 March 2020 – Samdech Techo Hun Sen presides over the ceremony to commemorate the 22nd March-3rd Culture Day, closing of the 6th Cambodian Youth Arts Festival, and solidarity meal with Khmer artists, at Koh Pich.
02 March 2020 – Samdech Techo Hun Sen presides over the graduation ceremony of Asia-Europe University, at the National Institute of Education.
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Outcomes of the Official Visit of Samdech Techo in the Czech Republic on 13-14 October 2019.
12 September 2019
JOINT COMMUNIQUE Between the Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia andthe Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic .
03 September 2019
Joint Statement The Official Visit of H.E. Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, Prime Minister of Malaysia, to the Kingdom of Cambodia, from 02-04 September 2019.
15 MAy 2019
Joint Statement on official visit of the Rt. Hon. K. P. Sharma Oli, Prime Minister of Nepal, to the Kingdom of Cambodia, 13-15 May 2019.
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Condolence letter to H.E. Mr. Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of the Republic of India on the loss of many security officers in a suicide bomb attack in Pulwama, Jummu and Kashmir on 14 February 2019.
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Letter of condolence to H.E. Mr.Joko Widodo President of the Republic of Indonesia on earthquake and tsunami in Donggala and Palu.
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