As of February 15, Battambang provincial authorities have arrested 14 brokers and others involved with facilitating the movement of workers who are crossing the border illegally to avoid quarantine.
Nine suspects were taken to court and four others are still being detained for questioning after having been caught attempting to transport five workers across the border from Thailand.
Battambang Provincial Administration spokesman Soeum Bunrith told The Post on February 16 that following Prime Minister Hun Sen’s order, the provincial authorities had increased border guard force to 875 people to carry out strict inspections of all trucks transporting goods from Thailand to prevent migrant workers sneaking into the country.
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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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Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered authorities in provinces bordering Thailand to increase their surveillance for COVID-19 among returning migrant workers, after a recent outbreak in Thailand.
According to the Bangkok Post, more than 600 people, most of them migrant workers from another country, tested positive for COVID-19 at a seafood market in Thailand’s Samut Sakhon province.
According to an audio recording from Hun Sen, authorities in provinces neighboring the Thai border were instructed on Sunday to limit border crossings to three checkpoints and to take health measures to put migrant workers returning to Cambodia in quarantine.
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Discussions ongoing to open Thai border
Thu, 17 December 2020
Cambodia and Thailand have agreed on three points of an agenda related to opening additional border crossings and allowing Cambodian workers to return to work in Thailand.
A specific date for opening is to be determined pending further medical studies to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
Announcement of the progress came after a meeting on December 17 between Cambodian and Thai leaders, held at the request of Thailand’s Sa Kaeo provincial administration. The meeting took place at the Ban Khao Din-Phnom Dey international border checkpoint between Sa Kaeo’s Khlong Hat district and Battambang province’s Sampov Loun district.
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Cambodia’s cassava crop has been impacted by flooding that has delayed some harvests and decimated others. Heng Chivoan
Cassava prices up on delayed harvests
Sun, 13 December 2020
Cassava prices in Cambodia’s northwest corridor have skyrocketed to astonishing heights in the wake of the recent massive floods that have compromised yields in one of Kingdom’s most fertile regions.
Cassava is grown in almost every Cambodian province. The crop is planted in May and harvested between November and the end of February each year. But this year’s floods delayed the harvest until the beginning of this month.
Banteay Meanchey provincial Department of Commerce director Bouk Laychy told The Post on December 13 that 10-15 per cent of the crop in his province had been destroyed by the deluges.