The Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia on March 23 organized a program to provide free health check-ups, medicines and 500 gifts in both cash and kind to Cambodian citizens and those of Vietnamese origin living in difficulties in Kratie province, the northeastern Cambodian.
VGP – Each patient treated at Cho Ray Phnom Penh Hospital would contribute to consolidating and enhancing friendship and cooperation between Viet Nam and Cambodia, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.
Wednesday, April 28, 2021, 11:52 GMT+7
Cambodian residents receive COVID-19 jabs at Cho Ray Phnom Penh Hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Photo: N.H. / Tuoi Tre
As the COVID-19 outbreak in Cambodia worsens by the day, Vietnamese doctors and staffers at Cho Ray Phnom Penh Hospital are spreading themselves thin to provide medical care and vaccines against the pathogen for the local community.
The number of coronavirus cases in Cambodia has so far surged past 11,000, with daily spikes recorded in the hundreds, while its fatalities have risen to 82, according to statistics.
“The situation is still intense, as daily caseloads are not going down, while the [Cambodian] government has done everything they could,” said Ton Thanh Tra, director of Cho Ray Phnom Penh Hospital, the Phnom Penh branch of Ho Chi Minh City’s largest general hospital Cho Ray, in a recent phone discussion with
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Chaktomuk ferry dock staff check boarding passengers’ temperatures before embarking to Kandal province’s Arey Ksat village. Heng Chivoan
Locations shut, dozens more Covid-19 positive
Mon, 22 February 2021
The Ministry of Health has closed 23 locations in connection with the February 20 community transmission of Covid-19 and summoned for testing anyone who had direct contact with affected people and places. The number of discovered related infections has risen to 76, including 39 women.
In a press release, the ministry listed the names of venues whose operations have been temporarily suspended, including the nightclubs N8, The Bridge Club, Love (in Boeung Raing commune, Daun Penh district), The World KTV, Jin Zun KTV, Coco Club and Hotel, Celeste Sky Bar and Club 168.