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The cremation site at the Chrey Bak pagoda in Chrey Bak commune’s Chrey Bak village in Rolea B ier district. FACEBOOK
Kampong Chhnang villagers fear catching Covid if cremation allowed
Tue, 4 May 2021
About 20 villagers living near a pagoda Kampong Chhnang province on May 3 protested the cremation of a deceased Covid-19 patient.
The protesters believed cremating the corpse at the Chrey Bak pagoda in Chrey Bak commune’s Chrey Bak village in Rolea B ier district would put them at risk of contracting the virus.
District governor Yong Sao Vuthy told The Post that the deceased, a 58-year-old resident of Ronuk village in Kampong Leng district’s Tgngel commune, died while undergoing treatment at the provincial referral hospital.
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The Daun Penh district administration on April 12 has temporarily closed Old Market, commonly known as Phsar Chas, in Phsar Chas commune after a few Covid-19 cases had been found there. Hong Menea
Markets continue to be troublesome source of Covid-19 spread
Thu, 22 April 2021
In the two months since the February 20 community outbreak of Covid-19, the government has suspended the operation of several markets and businesses and placed some villages in lockdown in Phnom Penh and the provinces.
So far, 35 markets have been shut down in Phnom Penh, Kandal, Preah Sihanouk, Kampong Chhnang, Battambang and Kampong Speu provinces.
Phnom Penh has shut down 14 markets including Orussey Market Business Center; Phsar Daeum Kor and the vegetable market; Phsar Chas; Tuol Sangke Market; Boeung Trabek Plaza; Trapang Tloeung Market; Psar Ekreach I , Tuol Pongro; Century Plaza; Pochentong Market; Phum Phsar Kandal ; Depo Market ; Chhouk Meas Market and Happy Family Market; and Olympic Marke