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Public health is no excuse to keep business and patriotism at bay. Not a very humanitarian sentiment, but then again, healing the sick and preserving the healthy can become parochial, nationalist objectives. The least convincing language of the pandemic has been this baffling and trite notion that “we” and “all this” and “together” are somehow linked in blood sealed harmony,
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Cambodia Steps Up Safety Measures At Borders As COVID-19 Cases Surge In Thailand
The Cambodian government on December 20 asked local authorities to tighten safety measures including COVID-19 testing along the border with Thailand
The Cambodian government on December 20 asked local authorities to tighten safety measures along the border with Thailand. The country, which shares a 462-kilometre border with Cambodia, recently witnessed a surge in coronavirus cases in Samut Sakhon province. Fearing that the airborne infection could spread to Cambodia as well, authorities have now stepped up security measures in the border area.
“The authorities along Cambodia’s provincial border with Thailand must be on high alert and must check for all incoming travellers thoroughly, screening their body’s temperature and requiring them to fill health declaration forms,” Cambodian health minister Mam Bunheng was quoted as saying by ANI.
Cambodia not a dustbin to China, says PM Hun Sen ANI | Updated: Dec 18, 2020 11:05 IST
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], December 18 (ANI): Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen hit out at China saying the country is not a dumping ground for Beijing in terms of vaccine trial adding that the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines will come from the UN-backed COVAX. Cambodia is not a dustbin.. and not a place for a vaccine trial, Hun Sen said in blunt terms during a marathon speech on December 15, adding that he will only trust and accept vaccines approved by the World Health Organization (WHO), reported Asia Times.