Since the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic earlier this year, many pharmacies in Cambodia have run out of medical equipment and supplies, local newspaper reported.
Phnom Penh (VNA) – Since the spread of theCOVID-19 pandemic earlier this year, many pharmacies in Cambodia have run outof medical equipment and supplies, local newspaper reported.
According to the Khmer Times, prices of such products like masks, gloves, handsanitisers and drugs skyrocket due to novel coronavirus fears.
The Health Ministry cited earlier this week the Law on the Management ofPharmaceuticals as saying that medicine and health equipment must bear ministryregistration numbers and sellers are required to have permits.
It also said medical products must be sold in pharmacies, not on online stores.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen earlier this week also said he will not let citizenslack hygiene products.
He said local factories must produce face masks and alcohol-based sanitisersfor doctors and the public.
Meanwhile, Cambodia has waived overstay fines for tourists stranded in the countrydue to the ongoing disruption to flights caused by the COVID-19, according to the foreign ministry's diplomatic note released on April 4.
In the note sent to all diplomatic and consular missions accredited to Cambodia,the ministry said due to the COVID-19 outbreak, some foreign tourists who arrivedin Cambodia after January 1 have not been able to return to their countries asthere is no availability of flights.
"The Royal Government of Cambodia has decided,effective from April 3 2020, to grant automatic extension of tourist visa (VisaT) to those foreign citizens and to exempt their visa overstay fines until theywill be able to depart Cambodia," the note said./.
Spokesperson of the Cambodian Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training Heng Sour said over 50 factories have filed for work suspension, affecting nearly 30,000 workers, the Phnom Penh Post reported.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen announced on March 25 that all international meetings in Cambodia are cancelled and all Cambodian officials must stop attending overseas meetings or conferences, amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cambodia's economic growth is projected to slow sharply to 2.5 percent in 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak, according to a World Bank's report released on March 31.
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Illustrative image (Photo: AFP/VNA) 
