Cambodia's famed O’Russey market shut amid Covid-19 outbreak

Cambodia's O’Russey market in the capital’s Prampi Makara district close for two weeks after several vendors and security guards there tested positive for Covid-19. - Phnom Penh Post/ANN

PHNOM PENH, April 4 (Phnom Penh Post/ANN): Phnom Penh municipal governor Khuong Sreng has ordered that the O’Russey market in the capital’s Prampi Makara district close for two weeks after several vendors and security guards there tested positive for Covid-19 in cases linked to the Feb 20 community outbreak.

In a letter signed on Sturday (April 3), Sreng said the move is to prevent further spread of the novel coronavirus.

“Given the current situation, the municipal hall will close the O’Russey Trade Centre for 14 days effective through April 17," he said, using the official name of the market.

Sreng noted that all vendors’ products and belongings will be guarded with no security fee charged.

Meanwhile, the number of road fatalities in Cambodia declined to 433 people in the first quarter of 2021, a decrease of 12 percent from 493 over the same period last year, Interior Minister Sar Kheng announced.

Besides death toll, the accidents injured 1,113 others during the January-March period this year, down 15 percent from 1,315 over the same period last year, he wrote on his official Facebook page.

Kheng, who is also a deputy prime minister, said that 763 cases of road accidents had been reported, also down 17 percent from 916 cases.

"The drop in road casualties was thanks to traffic law enforcement and people's better awareness of the traffic law," he said.

Road traffic accidents are a leading cause of death in the Southeast Asian nation. Last year, the country reported 1,646 fatalities from the accidents. - Phnom Penh Post/ANN