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A metal blockade on a red zone street in Phnom Penh, April 29, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

Military to run red zone vaccination campaign starting next week

The government on May 1 will start a COVID-19 vaccination campaign for those living in red zones, subjected to the highest level of lockdown restrictions due to high rates of infection. Local authorities, meanwhile, have been strengthening barricades around red zones, drawing concern from those living inside.
Health Officials give a COVID-19 test to a worker at the Din Han factory after more workers tested positive, April 8, 2021. Panha Chhorpoan

More than 1,600 workers from 206 factories have been infected with COVID-19

Garment workers make up a large share of Cambodia’s COVID-19 cases, with some 1,673 workers from 206 factories having tested positive since the latest outbreak began in February, according to the Ministry of Labor. Additionally, more than 17,000 workers are in quarantine and being monitored after having come into contact with an infected person.
A woman stares out of the door of her rental room in the red zone at Stung Meanchey III commune in Phnom Penh, April 23, 2021. CamboJA/ Panha Chhorpoan

Lockdown extended for one more week as some go hungry despite food aid

The government announced Monday it would be extending the lockdowns of Phnom Penh and neighboring Takhmao city in Kandal province for one more week. But in spite of what officials insist has been large scale food distribution, some of Phnom Penh’s poorest and most vulnerable say they are struggling to feed themselves and concerned over how they will make it through another week.