A street in Phnom Penh, Cambodia (Photo: VNA)According to the strategic planning document, theimplementation of the plan will be carried out in accordance with the “blossom”approach, meaning that it will start with a vaccination campaign in the centralarea of the country and work outwards.
The campaign will start with Phnom Penh – which isroughly centrally located in the country and an area of obvious concern as thelargest city – and the main urban areas around the capital and in Kandal,gradually expanding to other areas in the order of prioritisation.
Cambodia will be divided into three sections forvaccination purposes: high priority areas, medium priority areas and lowpriority areas.
“According to the ‘blossom’ approach the nationalvaccination campaign in high-priority areas must be completed in 2021 and assoon as possible,” the document noted.
Meanwhile, Thailand’s Bangkok will need more beds forseverely ill COVID-19 cases over the next couple of weeks, the Centre forCOVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said on May 7 as the number of dailyinfections hit a new high.
CCSA spokesman Taweesilp Visanuyothin said Bangkok hadbeen exceeding 500 new cases a day since the beginning of this month. Thenumber continued to rise and reached 869 over the past 24 hours.
Demand for beds in Greater Bangkok would continue torise into the second or third week of this month. A new field hospital withmore than 1,000 beds for severely ill cases would be erected at a conferencecentre in Chaeng Watthana area, Taweesilp said.
COVID-19 transmissions already shifted fromentertainment places early last month to close contact between people incommunities and families, he said.
Meanwhile, travellers entering the Philippines will be requiredto undergo 14 days of quarantine, up from a week previously, as authorities tryto contain more infectious coronavirus variants, Presidential spokesman HarryRoque said on May 7.
The new control measure will apply regardless of whether avisitor has been vaccinated and the first 10 days of quarantine will be in agovernment-accredited facility and the remainder at home.
Visitors will get a COVID-19 test on the seventh dayafter arrival, but will still be required to complete a 10-day stay in afacility even if they test negative, Roque said./.
VNA
