Cambodian PM orders temporary closure of civil institutions as Covid-19 cases rise


Cambodia on Monday has turned the Great Duke Phnom Penh, a defunct-luxury hotel, into a 500-room Covvid-19 hospital. - The Phnom Penh Post/ANN

PHNOM PENH, March 9 (Xinhua): Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen late on Monday(March 8) ordered the temporary closure of state's civil institutions for at least one week as Covid-19 cases continue to rise.

But all armed forces and healthcare workers still work as usual.

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