After Cambodia took such drastic measures as banning cross-provincial movement of people across the country, it hopes that the epidemic can be controlled and the epidemic will end as soon as possible. However, the number of confirmed cases of hundreds of people in one day still brought people back to reality!
Especially the outbreak of cluster infections in Phnom Penh’s Uyasi market and garment factory has affected people’s hearts. Some netizens shouted “The king is coming!”
The daily number of confirmed cases in Cambodia has exceeded 100 many times. Why is this time particularly attracting attention?
The main reason is that the place where the infection broke out is densely populated and highly mobile, making it extremely difficult to fully investigate.
The cumulative number of confirmed cases in Wuyasi has exceeded 100
As of noon on April 8, a total of 113 people have been diagnosed in Wuyasi Market, including Most of them are market vendors, security guards, and their relatives. As one of the three major markets in Phnom Penh, Uyasi Market is the wholesale place for a large number of small commodities in Phnom Penh. Because the products in the market are affordable, it has won the favor of the public, and the market has a huge flow of people on weekdays.
Everyone who has visited Uyasi Market knows that , the aisles in the market are very narrow, usually only two people can pass by. Many vendors usually only have one small stall, and the distance between each stall is not far. On weekdays, everyone helps each other to introduce business, which is also a good story. However, under the epidemic, such a high-density environment provides a breeding ground for the spread of the virus. In just a few days, the number of confirmed cases related to the Uyasi Market exceeded 100.
To this day, market vendors are still being tested, and those who have visited the market do not know how to count them. A few days ago, a courier company salesman who lives in Uyasi Market was also diagnosed with the new crown virus.
At present, the Uyasi market has been temporarily closed for comprehensive disinfection, and the closure period will last for 2 weeks.
In addition to the market, there are many places in Phnom Penh Confirmed cases have also appeared in garment factories. As of the afternoon of April 8, a total of 54 people had been diagnosed in one of the garment factories in Mianzhi District. It is reported that the garment factory employs 2,562 people, and the mayor of Phnom Penh said that all employees in the factory will be tested.
The garment industry has always been a pillar industry in Cambodia, providing a large number of jobs for Cambodia. The garment industry is also a labor-intensive industry. If someone is infected, it is expected that clusters of infections will occur.
According to a manager of a garment factory, although the factory requires workers to wear masks, workers’ awareness is still not high. In addition, workers usually commute to and from get off work together, eat together, and some workers live in similar rental locations. The close interactions greatly increase the risk of cluster infections.
There are more than 100 rental houses near the above-mentioned confirmed garment factory, most of which are workers of the factory. Currently, these workers are required to undergo nucleic acid tests, and the factory has been closed. .
In addition, a family located in Toul Kork District A 26-year-old Cambodian male worker was diagnosed in a garment factory. His wife and brother working in the Uyasi market were quarantined. In addition, there were 53 rental houses in the street where the worker lived. All of them have been temporarily blocked, affecting more than a hundred workers, and these workers who are suspended and quarantined will face a 50% salary cut.
For workers who live in densely packed areas, once someone is diagnosed, a large group of people will be affected. If workers are also moved around, the speed of the spread of the epidemic will increase exponentially. . Fortunately, these affected workers are currently being quarantined and tested.
In the face of the menacing epidemic, perhaps vaccination It is the last resort. On April 7 alone, the Cambodian Ministry of Labor has vaccinated nearly 4,000 workers in Phnom Penh with the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. It is reported that the Ministry of Labor has prepared 200,000 doses of vaccine to vaccinate workers, and it is expected to be able to vaccinate approximately 70,000 workers.
Today, the epidemic situation in Cambodia is still severe, and many voices have questioned Cambodia’s epidemic prevention work. In fact, Cambodia has taken the epidemic very seriously. Although it has not closed the city as strictly as Wuhan, China, it has also restricted the cross-provincial movement of people across the country. Compared with Thailand, which has been relaxing epidemic prevention policies to restore tourism, Cambodia is still more cautious about the new crown epidemic. Viruses are quite cautious. The current large-scale vaccination push is an example of this.
We must acknowledge the objective differences in national conditions of each country. We must also see that Cambodia isWe must also look at the shortcomings in epidemic prevention work and its efforts in epidemic prevention work.
In this battle without gunpowder, the most critical thing is people. Without everyone’s cooperation, no matter how many epidemic prevention measures are in effect, I hope everyone can realize that. The seriousness of the epidemic, restrain yourself and advise others.
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