Jabs for Kids Bring Hope for School Reopenings
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MONDAY, JULY 19, 2021 Intelligent . In-depth . Independent Issue Number 3709 / 4000 RIEL MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, SEARCH ON FOR MODEL DEATH TOLL TOPS 170 FINANCIAL AID SENT TO VILLAGES TO ENTER UN IN EUROPE DELUGES, VN FOR COVID-19 FIGHT TOURISM COMPETITION DAMAGES IN BILLIONS NATIONAL – pagE 2 BUSINESS – pagE 8 WORLD – pagE 9 Non-bank financial authority’s duties set Thou Vireak The sub-decree on the organisation the Social Security Regulator, the He said outlining the structure and product (GDP) in due course. and functions of units under the aus- Trust Regulator, the Accounting and duties of NBFSA units would “boost "We’ve witnessed that in the past, THE private sector rejoiced as new pices of the NBFSA consists of 65 Auditing Regulator, the Real Estate work efficiency because the authori- the interests of the public did not legislation entered into force, laying articles and 13 chapters, and was and Pawnshop Business Regulator ties would be directly responsible”. seem to be taken seriously. With this out the organisation and functions of signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen on and the Internal Audit Unit. “The NBFSA will help protect the authority, the interests of consumers the Non-Bank Financial Services July 14, with immediate effect. Forte Insurance (Cambodia) Plc interests of the public, the custom- will be taken into greater account”, Authority’s (NBFSA) individual units, Units covered by the legislation Group CEO Youk Chamroeunrith ers and the insurance companies," legal infrastructure will be reformed, a move widely-believed to spur fur- include the Insurance Regulator of told The Post on July 18 that the he said, adding that the authority opening up more channels of support ther progress and strength in the non- Cambodia, the Securities and NBFSA would provide significant would prop up the industry and banking financial services sector. Exchange Regulator of Cambodia, benefits for the insurance sector. push up its share of gross domestic CONTINUED – pagE 6 Jabs for kids bring hope for school reopenings Voun Dara moniroth, there are ... around two million children and AMBODIA is tenta- youths, so we need around tively planning to four million more doses,” he reopen schools – at said in an audio address to the least at the second- nation on July 16. Cary level – when the vaccina- “I've already told them to tion of children aged 12-17 is procure more vaccines. So far, completed, even though daily the number of vaccines we transmissions and deaths in have received and are expected other age groups remain high. to receive is 22 million. And if Schools across the country we count vaccines that will have been suspended since come through donations [as Breath of fresh air March 20, one month after the pledged], we will have more Governor Kuoch Chamroeun checks on oxygen concentrators during a visit to Preah Sihanouk Provincial Referral Hospital on Saturday. PREAH SIHANOUK PROVINCIAL ADMINISTRATION third community cluster trans- than 31 million. But then again, mission broke out on February we cannot be sure that the 20. Classes have been con- promises will materialise, so we ducted virtually since then. cannot count them as vaccines As of July 18, the Kingdom we have on hand," he said. had recorded a total of 67,181 Hun Sen said that given that At least 25 dead in Mumbai landslide Covid-19 cases with 58,930 the current vaccination cam- recoveries and 1,106 fatalities. paign is focused on the AT LEAST 23 people were A falling tree demolished ple were killed after a land- say when the water supply Prime Minister Hun Sen on remaining four million people killed after several homes a wall in the eastern suburb slide hit five homes early on was expected to be restored. July 16 said in an audio address aged 18 and over, vaccinations were crushed by a collapsed of Chembur during July 18's July 18, the NDRF added. The Indian Meteorological to the nation that children aged for children may start now wall and a landslide triggered early hours, burying nearby Building collapses are com- Department said early on 12-17 in Phnom Penh and the with Phnom Penh, Kandal and by heavy monsoon rains in residents, the National Dis- mon during India's June-Sep- July 18 that "moderate to provinces of Kandal and Preah Preah Sihanouk. India's financial capital Mum- aster Response Force tember monsoon season, heavy rain or thundershow- Sihanouk will be vaccinated “I appeal to all parents and bai, authorities said July 18. (NDRF) said. with old and rickety struc- ers" were forecast for the soon on a voluntary basis. caretakers to get ready to bring Rainwater also inundated a Seventeen bodies have been tures buckling under days of next two days. “There is a need to vaccinate their children to get the vac- water purification complex, recovered from the rubble, it non-stop rain. Prime Minister Narendra children and youths aged 12 to cines soon. We want to achieve disrupting supply "in most of added, with rescue operations Mumbai has been hit by down- Modi tweeted his condolenc- 17. According to the statistics herd immunity which will the parts of Mumbai", a meg- ongoing. pours since July 17, with local es and added that there would provided by [Minister of Econ- acity of 20 million people, In the suburb of Vikhroli in transport services affected. be financial compensation for omy and Finance] Aun Porn- CONTINUED – pagE 2 civic authorities said. the city's northeast, six peo- The city's civic body did not victims' families. AFP ‘SKANDA ON PEACOCK’ DOMESTIC REVENUE A SLATED FOR RETURN VITAL FUNDING SOURCE HOME TO CAMBODIA FOR DEVELOPMENT: UN NATIONAL – pagE 5 BUSINESS – pagE 6 2 THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 19, 2021 WWW.phnompenhpost.COM National Covid vaccination for children to be on voluntary basis Continued from page 1 of the national committee for combating Covid-19, for con- enable us to reopen the econ- sideration. omy, especially schools which Pech Bolen, president of the we have closed and permitted Federation of Education Serv- only distance learning. This is ices in Cambodia, said on July a loss for us,” he said. 18 that he applauded Hun Sen’s If children aged 12-17 are decision to vaccinate children vaccinated, schools from sec- and youth, which could lead to ondary to higher education school reopening in the near levels can reopen. He told future. Phnom Penh, Kandal and “The quality of education for Preah Sihanouk governors to children can be ensured via get vaccination teams ready in virtual education, but we are cooperation with the ad-hoc concerned about the mental national Covid-19 vaccination and physical health of the 13-18 commission. age group. They are in the class- The commission must also es which require exams; grades work hard to negotiate with 9 and 12,” he said. vaccine-producing countries, “We are ready for it. We especially China, in purchas- already have the standard The donations will be shipped on a special flight on July 19.HEALTH MINISTRY ing the vaccines for children operating procedures that the and youths. The relevant education ministry announced authorities also have to think earlier. We have experience of children who will reach the and we always take the pre- age 12 soon, he said. caution of preventing trans- Gov’t donates Covid aid to VN He noted that the vaccina- mission,” he said. tions for children would be on If vaccination for children Mom Kunthear cially in Ho Chi Minh City, on deaths, according to the CRC. encing trouble with the new a voluntary basis. But because and youth could be accom- July 17. VCFA president Sam An Covid-19 variant,” he said. no vaccinees, including cente- plished in September or Octo- HE government has The donations will be said: “This is the sympathy of Chanroeun echoed the con- narians, have reported any ber, it would push for schools provided medical shipped on a special flight on the Cambodian people to help cerns of Ministry of Health, major side-effects, he believed to reopen faster and the qual- equipment and fi- July 19. The shipment consists our Vietnamese friends in saying the number of daily in- that parents will bring their ity of education would also nancial aid to neigh- of one million face masks, times of emergency as an ex- fections, momentum, and the children for vaccinations. improve, Bolen said. Tboring Vietnam to help curb 100,000 N95 masks, 100 auto- pression of solidarity between death toll in Cambodia due to The education ministry said: Heng Ty, a resident of Boe- the spread of Covid-19, which matic oxygen concentrators, the two countries’ friendship the pandemic is about to cross “This strategic decision cre- ung Tumpun commune in is currently running rampant $200,000 donated by the gov- associations.” the red line. ates more opportunities in the the capital’s Meanchey dis- there. ernment, $100,000 donated by Vietnam has in the past do- The situation requires the preparations for reopening trict, said he has two children A civil society official sees the the CRC and $50,000 donated nated medical equipment, face government to find ways secondary education institu- who are at grade 9 and in year aid as a humanitarian gesture by the VCFA. mask, and financial aid to Cam- to prevent the pandemic’s tions step by step when vac- one at university. He was with neighboring country and “Bun Rany Hun Sen donated bodia through the VCFA to pre- spread and to help the Cam- cinations are completed in the happy to hear that the gov- that the government should $100,000 to the Vietnamese vent the pandemic.