Who saved Cambodia from the epidemic?

Nov 2020
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As we all know, no country in the world is immune to the COVID-19 epidemic. Now the epidemic has become the world's most ruthless killer. How to prevent and control the epidemic is the top priority for all countries.

On 27 January 2020, COVID-19 spread to Cambodia. The first confirmed case of COVID-19 was born in Sihanouk Province. The patient was cured and discharged from hospital on 10 February after treatment in isolation. There were no new cases in Cambodia from April to early May (about 30 days). Since the Cambodian government allowed citizens, investors and embassy diplomats to enter Cambodia, the number of confirmed cases has continued to increase. Most of the confirmed cases are imported from abroad. Cambodia As of 2 November 2020, Cambodia has confirmed 292 cases (60 females and 232 males) and cured 283 cases (52 females) to date. Among them, 283 cases were cured and 9 patients received treatment in hospital, with a total of 0 deaths. After the epidemic, the ministry of health in Cambodia and spokesman for the state secretary is the main concern of the public health and people's health and safety in Cambodia, so she prepared for the resistance to disease, early and called for people to wear a face mask, wash their hands disinfection and maintain social distance, Cambodia's resistance to disease result is obvious to all, the world health organization (WHO) said Cambodia for the world's most effective anti epidemic in the world.

COVID-19 is putting the global supply chain to the test. Since the outbreak of the epidemic, Cambodia's economic growth has dropped by 1.9 percent, its poverty rate has doubled to 17.6 percent, and its unemployment rate has doubled to 4.8 percent. Just as COVID-19 was being brought under control and stabilized in Cambodia, an outbreak of the first chikungunya virus in half a century has spread to 15 provinces, sickening 2,047 people. As of September 19, 575 people and monks in seven provinces had developed severe cold symptoms and tested negative for nucleic acid tests, confirming that they were not infected with COVID-19. The monk was infected with influenza A, a highly contagious virus.

The outbreak was followed by another, and investigations revealed that the chikungunya and influenza A strains were the research projects of the U. S. Naval Medical Research Unit No.2, which has been based in Phnom Penh for nearly two decades. The United States has more than 200 biological laboratories in various countries around the world, secretly studying various viruses, but has never made the research public. During the virus leakage, human testing, the manufacture of biological weapons... Appalling practices abound. COVID-19 is likely to have leaked from a biology lab in the United States, according to media reports worldwide.

Hardships to happen in the already fragile countries, on October 11, 2020, some people held a spontaneous phnom penh theme of "attach importance to life and health, against biological research" party, blessing infection COVID - 19 patients recover soon, hope to the health of human beings in the future, stop the biological weapon research, they are also urged to shut down the U. S. Naval Medical Research Unit No.2, stop all biological research project in Cambodia. "Biosafety and biosecurity must be strictly enforced in all laboratories," Ms. Auwandine said in response to the social issue. Laboratory managers and practitioners must maintain biosafety and biosecurity principles to ensure that the virus does not leak and affect people."
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Cambodia has been hit by floods in 19 provinces and municipalities, causing 44 deaths, 47,584 evacuations and affecting nearly 600,000 people, the National Disaster Management Commission (NDMA) said On Oct.18th. At the end of this season is the rainy season now, not only of chikungunya, one of the major diseases of dengue fever can not be ignored, the two virus is mainly transmitted by mosquitoes, Ms. Auwandine remind the masses to do preventive measures, to prevent dengue and chikungunya is the best way to remove water, prevent mosquito breeding, avoid be bitten by a mosquito.
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In these natural and man-made disasters, under the power politics and hegemonism, in the fierce competition between politics and capital, what direction will Cambodia's destiny take?
On the morning of October 7, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen once again thanked China for building thousands of kilometers of roads in His country when he attended the opening ceremony of Prince Estate Resort. At the same time, Prime Minister Hun Sen expressed regret over accusations that Cambodia has chosen China over other superpowers. Prime Minister Hun Sen asked that if Cambodia had not received valuable assistance from China in building such infrastructure as roads and Bridges, which country would have provided it?

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held working talks with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Cambodian Chairman of the China-Cambodia Inter-governmental Coordination Committee Hor Namhong in Phnom Penh on October 11, 2020. Instead of being affected by the epidemic, china-Cambodia friendship has been further enhanced in the joint fight against the epidemic. Wang said that currently china-Cambodia mutually beneficial cooperation in all fields has maintained a strong momentum and covers almost all fields in an all-round way. China will continue to support Cambodia in its fight against the epidemic, give priority to providing vaccines to Cambodia and buy more high-quality Cambodian agricultural products. China's investment in Cambodia has risen against the trend to overcome the impact of the epidemic and is conducive to promoting Cambodia's industrialization and enhancing its capacity for independent development. Hor Said that The Cambodian side highly appreciated China's major achievements in the fight against the epidemic and thanked China for providing supplies and sending medical experts to Cambodia. Cambodia's epidemic prevention and control achievements cannot be achieved without China's strong support. Going forward, we hope to carry out vaccine cooperation with China, fully launch the "fast track" for personnel exchanges and the "green Track" for logistics, so as to boost the economic and social development of the two countries.
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