Cambodia: Lockdown eased, time​ to get the economy in order, says Phnom Penh Post


The latest arrival of Sinovac doses from China, with millions more expected this year, boosts Cambodia’s plan to vaccinate at least 10 million people by June 2022. - Phnom Penh Post/ANN

A semblance of normalcy is setting in Phnom Penh as the capital comes out of three weeks of lockdown and over a month of curfew to flatten the Covid-19 curve, which brought business activities to a standstill and incurring losses for many.

While it seemed fitting that it rained hard at the start of the business week, cleansing the city for the resumption of commerce, the real damage to the economy since the latest wave is probably visible now.

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