Hey there from a veryyyy hot Cambodia. We had some
nice rain in the week but now the weather took it a notch up again. Humidity is
an all-time high and sweating is part of daily life and even when you try to
sleep. I go through about 4 liters of water a day and still feels dehydrated.
Just finish peeling 3 buckets full of the most delicious mangoes around. Our
trees did not have a lot this year but it’s enough to make yummy chutney and
some other yummy treats. Got some dry mango from a friend and that stuff is to
die for. So we are stocked on Vit.C and seems that makes a daily difference.
Our stomachs say otherwise because of all the mangoes,hahaha.
School started again this morning and the boys are
into it again. That definitely helps to keep them busy besides being on the
computer all day long. Poor Toinette is permanently trying to keep the boys in
the house fed, what a momentous task this is. We all are just hungry, luckily there
is lots of rice and sardines. We are blessed that we can go to the lake about
2km away from our house and have some time in the open. It is beautiful there
with almost no people. Even the dogs can enjoy themselves. We stock up there
with our Vit.D which is also necessary.
Virus update: As you can see in the news reports, it
looks pretty ok but we are asked to still wait it out a bit longer. So wish we
can now already move on and get the ball rolling again. We seem so blessed
with not real bad cases of the virus and the treatments seem effective in all
ways. This gives us great hope for the future. We are glad that the government
is looking out for the interests of the people. Please continue to pray for
Cambodia as this virus is still not over.
We pray that you all are safe and that the Lord will
keep you sane in this week to come. Namibia is still on lockdown for a while
so I know that it is a difficult time for them. We would love to hear from
wherever you are and what you are up to.
Love
Rossouw-clan
Cambodia COVID-19, eight straight days of
ZERO positive cases
Cambodia appears to have go the COVID 19 situation
under control with no new COVID-19 positive cases reported over the eight
consecutive days. There were two recoveries reported in Sihanoukville province.
However, quarantine measure is in still place for
inbound people by air, land, sea or water ways as well as factory workers who
went home for the recently concluded Khmer New Year. They will have to face
quarantine at designated centres for 14 days after informing their respective
employers of their travel history during the days they were absent from work. Those
who had applied or had valid reasons will be entitled to seven days paid leave
while those were absent without leave would have their entire 14 days’ pay
docked.
Meanwhile, the wives of four French COVID-19 infected
nationals who have recently recovered expressed their gratitude to the
Cambodian medical doctors at the Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital for their
kindness and care for their husbands.
“Hello, Dr. Sourn, sorry to say thank just now. We are
at Seoul Airport and we have some time ahead of us. All 4 of us, thank you very
much for taking care of our husbands,” wrote the wives in a joint message.
“You are surrounded by a wonderful team. We can only
express praise for the care they have been given. The doctors and nurses are
extremely kind. We can only congratulate them. Another thousand THANKS to all
of you. We will never forget you. Jean Marie, Jeannine Heitzler, and Jacques
and Angele Deremière,” they added. https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50714987/cambodia-covid-19-eight-straight-days-of-zero-positive-cases/
Cambodia shows excellent record with
recovery rate for COVID-19 with 86 percent discharged
Out of 122 reported cases of Covid-19 with one relapse
for failing to follow social distancing orders, Cambodia shows remarkable
ability to control the pandemic with its own calculated measures. In addition,
despite its limitations in public health care, it has shown remarkable ability
to treat 105 out of the 122 victims and successfully got the affected patients
discharged.
Up to Monday morning, April 20, only 15 are still
hospitalised for treatment.They come from the list of 122 positive cases, last
reported on April 12. They include 51 Cambodians, 40 French, 13 Malaysians,
five British, three Chinese, three Vietnamese, two Americans, two Indonesians,
two Canadians, and one Belgian.
The 107 recovered cases included one Chinese,
five British, two Americans, one
Belgian, 38 French, one Canadian, 12 Malaysians, two Indonesians, one
Vietnamese and 44 Cambodians.
“Although no new case of COVID-19 has been detected in
the Kingdom for a week, I’d like to ask all citizens not to be careless, but to
apply the measures taken by the Royal Government and the Ministry of Health as
well as the authorities concerned such as social distancing, hand washing with
soap or hydro alcoholic gel, reduction of gatherings and avoidance of
unnecessary displacement,” Dr. Ly Sovann, Director of the Communicable Disease
Control Department at the Ministry of Health said Friday.
In neighboring countries and even in many countries
around the world, he added, the COVID-19 pandemic is showing no signs of
slowing down, so Cambodia may still have possible imported cases.Task Force
officials, speaking on conditions of anonymity said that thus far, none of the
migrant workers who had returned from Thailand before the Khmer New Year have
shown any signs of the deadly virus.Quarantine measure will continue to be in
place, along with flight bans from six countries, the United States, Germany,
France, Italy, Spain and Iran.
Cambodia effectively remains under defacto lock down
with very few flights coming in and any passengers coming into Cambodia by any
route, air, sea land or water ways, will have to be sent directly to 14 days’
quarantine except those with diplomatic passports and with special visas or
have valid documentations which will enable them to leave the airport but be
quarantined elsewhere, like the case of the eight Chinese hydro power workers
in Koh Kong.
On April 10 was lifted. All travel in and out of Phnom
Penh will be banned; this measure excludes essential services and workers. All
visa exemptions, visas on arrival, and e-visas are suspended until April 30.However,
there have been reports of Chinese businessmen (between 60-100) entering the
Kingdom daily. All foreigners must have a medical certificate issued no more
than 72 hours prior to date of travel stating that they have not tested
positive for Covid-19 and have proof of insurance policy with minimum medical
coverage of $50,000.
The challenge, the officials said are “the possibility
of more migrant workers entering Cambodia once the lockdown in Thailand eases.
The 14 days mandatory quarantine for workers who had
returned to the provinces despite the travel restrictions is necessary, they
said, as the pandemic and cluster infections possibilities are still of concern
and thus, vigilance and surveillance is critical. https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50715010/cambodia-shows-excellent-record-with-recovery-rate-for-covid-19-with-86-percent-discharged/
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