CAMBODIA’S GARMENT INDUSTRY STRUGGLES WITH LOCKDOWNS IN LATEST COVID CRISIS
May 1st, 2021
The Cambodian government eased Covid-19 lockdown restrictions from May 6, but many of the capital Phnom Penh’s garment factories are still dealing with impacts after a third wave of the virus surged through dozens of factories.
The Phnom Penh city municipality on Wednesday (May 5) night reduced the number of areas under strictest ‘red zone’ lockdown measures to a few patches on the map, where factories are unable to open. This included parts of Choam Chao I commune (city district), Toul Sangke I commune, and neighborhoods just outside the city in Kandal ...
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