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Prime Minister Hun Sen meets Indian ambassador to Cambodia Devyani Uttamkhobragade at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh on January 18. SPM
Kingdom eyes 5M Indian jabs
Sun, 21 February 2021
The Kingdom is set to purchase an additional five million doses of Covid-19 vaccines from India and is requesting a first phase shipment of one million doses.
The request was made when Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn spoke on the phone with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on February 18.
In a press release, Cambodia’s foreign ministry said the ministers had discussed Covid-19 vaccinations and the furtherance of international cooperation in the fight against the pandemic.
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The Ministry of Health on January 28 confirmed a new case of Covid-19 in a migrant worker returning from Thailand.
Another Covid-19 case found, five recover
Thu, 28 January 2021
The Ministry of Health on January 28 confirmed a new case of Covid-19 in a migrant worker returning from Thailand.
The latest case was recorded as five Covid-19 patients – four Cambodian migrants and one arriving foreign traveller – were discharged from hospitals the previous day.
In a press release, the ministry said the 42-year-old migrant worker from Banteay Meanchey province’s Poipet town arrived from Thailand on January 12 and was diagnosed with Covid-19 by the Institut Pasteur du Cambodge after her fourth test came back positive. She is currently being treated at the provincial referral hospital.
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A mobile machine is installed to pump water and irrigate the dry-season crop of paddy in Tbong Khmum province on December 19. MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES AND METEOROLOGY
Three provinces spruce up irrigation systems
Wed, 23 December 2020
Agriculture and water resources officials in the provinces of Pursat, Battambang and Banteay Meanchey are continuing to rehabilitate and expand a number of sub-canal systems while also repairing and raising the height of dams used to store water for irrigating dry season crops.
Yim Bun Rom, director of the Banteay Meanchey provincial Department of Water Resources and Meteorology, told The Post that after they finish repairing the dams, which were damaged by the recent floods, his team would cooperate with agriculture officials and local authorities to help dig, restore and expand some sub-canal systems to facilitate the use of water by farmers who have rice fields in the highlands.