Two inmates stand outside the Kandal Provincial Prison on Thursday. - The Phnom Penh Post/ANN
PHNOM PENH, May 28 (Phnom Penh Post/ANN): Covid-19 is spreading through Cambodia’s prisons and warrants urgent measures to prevent an uncontrollable outbreak, according to a senior official at the Ministry of Interior’s General Department of Prisons (GDP).
GDP spokesman Nuth Savna told The Post on May 27 that officials were identifying prisons to inspect and implement preventive measures but were facing a shortage of medical supplies.
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