A man from another province is in the government hospital here in SR for reasons unrelated to covid. Last night they found he has covid19. Im guessing that will mean more bans etc. Hundreds of people will need to be tested.
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Everyone has been looking forward to today, the last day of 3 communes being shut. But now there are other road closures happening. I was hoping to access a supermarket and a hotel for internet but it feels uncertain now.
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Meanwhile some from our village are stuck in the worst effected areas- Phnom Penh and Poipet. They went to those places to look for work as the main industry of our town doesn't exist at the moment. Until last year millions of international tourist would visit our town to see the temples.
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Also stuck in Phnom Penh are some expats who were only there for errands or passing through because they had to use the airport. They expected they would be back in their homes with their families in their respective provinces by now, but were prevented by the April 7 KNY travel ban. It has been lifted for most of the country but not Phnom Penh and other covidy places.
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Some tried to get permission to leave but it didn't work out. Finding a taxi driver was impossible as the driver would have got stuck in their destination province. And even if they had permission woukd they be let theough all of the province borders? A risk of getting stuck somewhere a long the way.
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One family decided they didn't need to waste weeks cooped up in the captial and looked in to visiting their passport country instead! Crazy times!
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And still other expats outside PP who want to leave the country face te big hurdle of getting into Phnom Penh. On top of all the normal hurdles of pandemic flying.
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