Interior minister Sar Kheng issued orders for capital and provincial governors to prepare virus prevention measures before the public holiday from August 17-21. interior Ministry
Interior Minister Sar Kheng advised capital and provincial governors to prepare their facilities and entertainment venues with Covid-19 prevention measures in anticipation of the re-scheduled Khmer New Year holidays from August 17-21.
In a letter on Monday, Sar Kheng said essential tasks included strengthening security and order while ensuring the provision of essential services to meet the needs of citizens.
Governors must inform guesthouse, hotel and restaurant owners to prepare alcohol or gel for handwashing and take the temperature of guests at exits and entrances. The owners must also enforce social distancing.
“Governors have to advise owners and managers of supermarkets and State and private markets to prepare alcohol and gel for washing hands at exits and entrances. The owners [must] assign staff to take the temperatures of all citizens who enter markets,” he said.
Additionally, capital and provincial governors must encourage people to respect the new normal by washing hands frequently, wearing facemasks and scarves when sneezing or coughing and maintaining a distance of at least 1.5m.
On Monday, Minister of Health Mam Bun Heng also issued a letter to the transport and tourism ministers and capital and provincial governors to help disseminate his ministry’s guidelines on preventing Covid-19 infections during the upcoming holidays.
The letter said citizens must avoid mass gatherings and seek highly ventilated places. They must refrain from activities that could pose risks such as singing and dancing or drinking without maintaining social distancing.
Preah Sihanouk Provincial Hall spokesman Kheang Phearum said the provincial administration had always followed the guidelines of the ministries of Health, and Interior.
He said the guidelines include quarantining passengers arriving from abroad and educating residents to wear masks and practice strict hygiene.
Over the last two weeks, Phearum said the province has improved its infrastructure and entertainment venues to assist citizens during the upcoming holidays.
Tourism and health officials have been deployed at coastal areas to inform citizens to respect the ministries’ guidelines.
“We will further detail our work plan preparations after a meeting is held in the coming days,” he said.
The Ministry of Health on Tuesday announced another imported case of Covid-19 when an Indian man with the virus arrived in Cambodia on Sunday via South Korea and Malaysia.
As of Tuesday, Cambodia has recorded 226 Covid-19 patients, 147 of whom have since recovered. The ministry emphasised that in July, most of the cases were imported from inbound flights from Malaysia and Indonesia.
The government decided to halt all flights from the two countries from August 1 to prevent the spread of the virus as Cambodia prepares to observe many national holidays soon.
