Speaking at an inauguration ceremony of 38 roads in thetourist province of Siem Reap on April 3, Hun Sen said he was consideringlifting the regulation in the first two pilot provinces of Preah Vihear andOddar Meanchey. If the pilot is successful, Cambodia could expand thederegulation across the nation.
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, Cambodia hasapplied a mandatory mask wearing policy on the streets and public places, withfailure to comply resulting in heavy fines.
On April 2, Secretary of State and Ministry of Healthspokesman Or Vandine said that the COVAX vaccine distribution mechanism hadjust decided to increase the amount of vaccine for Cambodia from 20 percent to30 percent of the country's total population. So far, 14.8 million people ofCambodia's 16-million population have been vaccinated with at least one dose ofthe COVID-19 vaccine. The nation has resumed socio-economic activities, with fullyvaccinated tourists allowed to enter without quarantine from November last year./.
VNA