2020-12-22 10:05:25 GMT2020-12-22 18:05:25(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
PHNOM PENH, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) Cambodia suspended sending laborers to neighboring Thailand on Monday after the latter has reported a surge in COVID-19 infections in its Samut Sakhon province, some 300 km away from the border.
In a statement issued to private recruitment agencies and relevant officials, Cambodia s Labor Minister Ith Samheng said, Sending MoU-based and seasonal laborers to Thailand must be temporarily suspended from now on until further notice.
He also urged the recruitment companies to work closely with Thai employers or employers association and authorities to provide help to Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand when necessary.
Yersinia enterocolitica outbreak reported in Norway
The Norwegian Institute of Public Health has discovered an increased incidence of the gastrointestinal bacterium Yersinia enterocolitica O3. So far, infection has been detected in 10 people who live in several counties. Outbreak investigation has been initiated in collaboration with relevant municipal chief physicians, the Veterinary Institute and the Norwegian Food Safety Authority.
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The patients are between 11 and 59 years old, and all are women. The infected live in Innlandet, Viken, Oslo, Vestfold and Telemark, and Vestland. Bacteria with a similar DNA profile have been detected in all 10 people and all samples have been taken during the last two weeks in November and the first week in December.
6:09 PM MYT
PHNOM PENH (Xinhua): Cambodia suspended sending labourers to neighbouring Thailand on Monday (Dec 21) after the latter reported a surge in Covid-19 infections in its Samut Sakhon province, some 300km away from the border.
In a statement issued to private recruitment agencies and relevant officials, Cambodia s Labour Minister Ith Samheng said, Sending MoU-based and seasonal labourers to Thailand must be temporarily suspended from now on until further notice.
He also urged the recruitment companies to work closely with Thai employers or employers association and authorities to provide help to Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand when necessary.
Thailand is the largest market for Cambodian workers. The Labour Ministry s data showed an estimated 1.1 million Cambodian labourers have been working in Thailand.
Slovenia Times
22. December, 2020
Ljubljana – Care homes will be among the first to get the vaccine against Covid-19 as it becomes available in Slovenia later this month, however while interest in getting a jab is considerable among residents, staff appear to be less keen for the time being.
Slovenia expects to get the first batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on 26 December, provided it is cleared by the European Medicines Agency, expectedly today.
According to the Health Ministry, the first batch will contain 9,745 doses, which will be administered as a priority to care home residents and staff and to frontline health staff.
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