Cambodia's Banteay Meanchey tightens border crossings, Covid-19 testing among migrants

Banteay Meanchey provincial governor Oum Reatrey has instructed authorities to increase their efforts in preventing illegal border crossings and collecting samples of migrant workers who return from Thailand. - Phnom Penh Post/ANN

PHNOM PENH, July 18 (Phnom Penh Post/ANN): Banteay Meanchey provincial governor Oum Reatrey has instructed authorities to increase their efforts in preventing illegal border crossings and collecting samples of migrant workers who return from Thailand, in a bid to curb the spread of Covid-19.

Reatrey gave the instructions as he went to inspect three border checkpoints – Boeung Trakuon, Thma Puok and Malai – in Malai district and the O’Beichoan checkpoint in O’Chrov district on July 15.