Mounting desperation in Cambodia amid COVID lockdown Phorn Bopha © Villagers stand behind a lockdown barrier to ask for food donations after their village has been clo. Villagers stand behind a lockdown barrier to ask for food donations after their village has been closed for more than two weeks inside a red zone with strict lockdown measures during the latest outbreak of COVID-19 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, April 30, 2021 [Cindy Liu/Reuters]
Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Iv Sovann has been in lockdown with her family in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh since April 5 when the government imposed a raft of stringent measures to curb a sudden surge of coronavirus cases.
Mounting desperation in Cambodia amid COVID lockdown
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Phnom Penh Residents Worry About Food Shortages, Income Loss Amid Stringent Lockdown
21 April 2021
VOA Khmer
Poultry vendor Kai Tiya at an open stall in Phsar Doeurm Kor market during the country s two-week lockdown, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on April 15, 2021. (Thida Win/VOA Khmer)
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PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA
Phnom Penh residents are facing food shortages and financial strife as the capital and Takhmau city complete a week of the country’s first lockdown due to the increasing number of COVID-19 infections.
The government has imposed a ban on entering neighboring cities, preventing movements outside the home, blocking all non-essential travel and businesses, and placing stringent restrictions on the sale of goods and alcohol.