Some 300,000 doses of the H1N1 influenza vaccine are set to arrive in Cambodia next month, Pieter JM van Maaren, the country head of the World Health Organisation (WHO), said Wednesday. “We are saying sorry that our service is slow, but we expected that it will arrive into Cambodia in February this year,” he said during a press conference at the Ministry of Health. In early December last year, the WHO promised to provide the doses to Cambodia to prevent the virus – commonly known as swine flu – from spreading. As of January 14, six people have died and 553 people have reportedly been infected with the virus.
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Ministers to tackle sea pollutantsPreah Sihanouk provincial authorities and members of local communities have collected 77 tonnes of water hyacinth at a Sihanoukville beach, Preah Sihanouk Provincial Hall spokesperson Or Saroeun said. He told The Post yesterday that the aquatic weeds had been floating along some of the province’s
Negotiations on EBA being heldIn an effort to defuse tensions, a senior government official said Cambodia is negotiating with the European Union (EU) on the Everything But Arms (EBA) trade deal, which allows the Kingdom to export goods to the 28-member bloc tariff-free. The EU notified Cambodia on October 5
Chinese police escort deported scam suspectsNinety-one Chinese nationals accused of extorting money from victims in a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) scam were deported from Phnom Penh International Airport on Monday under the escort of 182 Chinese police personnel. General Department of Immigration head of investigations Ouk Hay Seila told reporters
‘Do not harm Cambodians’, says PM’s son to oppositionPrime Minister Hun Sen’s eldest son Hun Manet said on Sunday that the Kingdom would not bow to international pressure, and accused some Western countries of siding with opposition politicians who hold dual citizenship to exert pressure on Cambodia. The remarks were made after