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Residents of Phnom Penh rushed to stock up on food and other supplies on Thursday as word spread of a lockdown ordered by Prime Minister Hun Sen to combat the coronavirus pandemic in the capital and surrounding Kandal province, sources said.
News of the planned April 15-28 lockdown, which leaked before an official announcement could be made, quickly drove up the prices of commodities as crowds filled local markets beginning Wednesday night, violating regulations restricting social contacts.
In a statement Thursday, Hun Sen urged Cambodian citizens not to panic, saying no one will go short of food in areas affected by the lockdown order.
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The new crematoriums are for burning the bodies of those who have died from Covid-19.
Phnom Penh municipal governor Khuong Sreng told The Post on March 14 that a working group had started to bulldoze land at the foot of the Oral Mountain to build the crematoriums for Covid-19-related deaths after the plan was agreed to by the Kampong Speu provincial administration.
“We could not build crematoriums for Covid-19-related deaths in the business and commercial areas of a town or city because of the risks of spreading the disease.
“And we don’t want this to be done in a perfunctory manner without proper technical standards. So I decided to order the purchase of some technical equipment from Thailand to assist in the construction of these [four facilities],” Sreng said.