reader Posted May 20, 2020 Posted May 20, 2020 From Khmer Times The government announced the lifting of the travel ban for people from six countries but they need health certificates issued by their individual country to confirm they are free of coronavirus. To prevent imported cases from entering Cambodia, the government in March temporarily barred people from six countries from entering the Kingdom, such as the United States, Germany, Italy, France, Spain and Iran. A statement signed by Health Minister Mam Bun Heng, who is also head of the Inter-Ministerial Commission for Combating COVID-19, said that Prime Minister Hun Sen approved a request made by Health and Foreign Affairs Ministries to lift the travel bans. “[We] lift the ban for foreigners from Iran, Italy, Germany, Spain, France and the United States, which has been listed in the Ministry of Heath’s announcement on March 14 and 15, 2020,” the statement said. However, Mr Bun Heng said both Cambodian and foreigners who enter the Kingdom need health certificates which are issued no longer than 72 hours to confirm that they contract no COVID-19. He said that foreigners need health insurance with $50,000 during their stays in Cambodia. “For all passengers, both Cambodian and foreigners who enter Cambodia must be sent to waiting centres to have their specimens tested for COVID-19 and wait for the test results from the Pasteur Institute,” he added. He said in case one passenger is found positive, the rests who travelled with him will be placed under 14-day quarantine. ========================================================================================================================================= From Phnom Penh Post. Kingdom wants direct flights to US Cambodia welcomes any US airline that wishes to operate direct flights to the Kingdom and promote trade, tourism and investment with the world’s largest economy, said Minister in charge of the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA) Mao Havanall. Havannall was speaking at a meeting with US Ambassador to Cambodia W Patrick Murphy at the SSCA office on Monday. SSCA spokesman Sin Chansereyvutha told The Post on Tuesday that Murphy had proposed allowing US-produced Boeing Co aircraft to operate in Cambodian airspace and expediting work on an air service agreement between the two countries – under discussion since 2014. “In regard to a Cambodia-US air service agreement, only two issues remain – first is technical terminology, which we may interpret differently but we can still open up to negotiation. “Secondly, US companies want to conduct aircraft ground handling procedures themselves – this poses a bit of a challenge,” said Chansereyvutha, adding that the government has authorised private companies to do so. He said US airlines want US companies to service their aircrafts while on the ground, due to security concerns. eurasian 1 Quote
spoon Posted May 20, 2020 Posted May 20, 2020 Good luck to all who are ready to travel and brave the virus. Cambodia is not a bad substitute for thailand. Quote
DivineMadman Posted May 20, 2020 Posted May 20, 2020 6 minutes ago, spoon said: Good luck to all who are ready to travel and brave the virus. Cambodia is not a bad substitute for thailand. You can go -- if you'll put up with the quarantine, etc. -- but many of the rest of us can't just yet. The Ministry of Health restriction is lifted but the Royal Government suspension of tourist visas, e-visas and visas on arrival is still in effect. Quote
spoon Posted May 20, 2020 Posted May 20, 2020 Surely those restriction will be lifted soon if they want to boost tourism, the reason the lifted the ban. But im not ready to brave the virus, put up with quarantine back home, not to mention a clear directive from my company to avoid any travel unless for urgent cases. And our gov just told us that from june 1st onward, we need to pay for accomodation during the 14 days mandatory quarantine at hotels and needed to agree to it first before being allowed entry back home. But if your country or company doesnt have that kind of restriction, this is the first south east asia country that lifted the travel ban. Quote
Guest Posted May 20, 2020 Posted May 20, 2020 1 hour ago, spoon said: Good luck to all who are ready to travel and brave the virus. Cambodia is not a bad substitute for thailand. For general tourism, it's a very good substitute. However, outside of Phnom Penh, finding boys has been much harder than it was about 10 years ago. Possibly as so many have moved to Pattaya ? If they have all gone home now, perhaps that situation is improving. Finally, I would not like to catch a severe case of the virus and sample the hospitals in Cambodia. Quote
Travellerdave Posted May 20, 2020 Posted May 20, 2020 Think I would swop a mild dose of the virus for a week or two Enjoying Cambodian boys, although if Thailand opens up sometime September to December that’s where I will be. eurasian 1 Quote
colmx Posted June 1, 2020 Posted June 1, 2020 A friend of mine was an living as an ex-pat in Cambodia, around 2 years ago when he fell quite ill with breathing difficulties, the local doctors sent him overland to Khorat (in Thailand) as the local hospitals there were just not up to scratch One thing for sure is that I don't think I would like to be in Cambodia during a Covid-19 outbreak! Quote
