PM: Covid-19 has led to loss of 300,000 jobs in Cambodia


A farmer is collecting rice during a harvest season in Putrea village outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Cambodians begin to harvest rice after the rainy season. Due to the ongoing global Covid-19 issues, the impact of the pandemic has caused about the loss of 300,000 jobs, mainly in the tourism and garment industries. - AP

PHNOM PENH, Oct. 27 (Xinhua): Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said has announced that the impact of Covid-19 has caused about the loss of 300,000 jobs, mainly in the tourism and garment industries.

However, some of the workers in the sectors have resumed work or got new jobs as the situation of the Covid-19 pandemic has been brought under control, he said when addressing the groundbreaking ceremony for two river bridges in eastern part of the capital Phnom Penh.

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