Workers offload boxes of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines as the country receives its coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccines under COVAX scheme at the Phnom Penh International Airport, Cambodia, March 2, 2021. - Reuters
PHNOM PENH, March 6 (AFP): Cambodians face up to 20 years in jail for flouting coronavirus rules after the country's parliament on Friday passed a strict Covid-19 prevention bill that rights groups have blasted as a tool to curb dissent.
The law specifies a prison term of three years for breaking quarantine orders and up to 20 years in jail for any organised group intentionally spreading the virus.
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