AZ Covid Shot to Be Used As Booster for China Jabs
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MONdaY, AUGUST 2, 2021 Intelligent . In-depth . Independent Issue Number 3719 / 4000 RIEL Kingdom, Russia in investment vow Thou Vireak of commemorations of the nomic Development of the that the meeting focused on "The organisation of busi- 65th anniversary of Cambo- Russian Federation. three key areas – technology, in- ness meetings between Cam- CAMBODIA and Russia have dia-Russia diplomatic ties, The event was co-chaired by dustry and energy – and would bodian businessmen and in- pledged to explore ways to en- the ministry noted in a press CCC president Kith Meng and help pave the way for Russian vestors with private companies courage and promote joint in- release on July 31. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and companies to explore market of Russia is a start to engage- vestment projects between the The two nations originally International Cooperation sec- opportunities in Cambodia, as ment in promoting trade and two countries, according to the established diplomatic con- retary of state Nhim Khemara, well as strengthen cooperation attracting foreign direct invest- TUOL SLENG MARKS Ministry of Foreign Affairs and tact on May 13, 1956. and attended by officials of rel- between the two countries. ment to Cambodia. This event 12TH ANNIVERSARY International Cooperation. The meeting was organised evant ministries and govern- "Businesspeople from both will pave the way for future The vow was made at the by the ministry’s Economic ment institutions, and around countries will delve into op- business meetings with other OF UNESCO LISTING "First Online Business Meet- Diplomatic Coordination 250 businesspeople and inves- tions to work together to gal- partner countries," it said. IN VIRTUAL FORMAT ing with Russian Compa- Working Group, in coopera- tors from both countries. vanise and promote joint in- nies", held on July 30, as part tion with the Ministry of Eco- The foreign ministry noted vestment projects. CONTINUED – PAGE 7 NATIONAL – PAGE 2 Millions get tested for Covid-19 in China cities CHINESE cities rolled out mass testing of millions of CAMBODIA-S KOREA people and imposed fresh travel restrictions as health TRADE NEARLY $452M authorities battled on August IN FIRST HALF OF 2021, 1 to contain the country's most widespread coronavirus out- DEFICIT WIDENS 34% break in months. China on August 1 reported BUSINess – PAGE 6 75 new coronavirus cases with 53 local transmissions, with a cluster linked to an eastern airport now reported to have spread to over 20 cities and more than a dozen provinces. The outbreak is geographi- cally the largest to hit China in several months after the coun- try's successes in largely snuff- ing out the pandemic within its borders last year. That record has been thrown into jeopardy after the fast- CHINA, OZ RAMP UP Calling the shots spreading Delta variant broke COVID-19 CURBS AS out at Nanjing airport in east- A girl gets vaccinated against the novel coronavirus at Koh Dach Health Centre in Koh Dach commune, Chroy Changvar district ern Jiangsu province in July. in Phnom Penh on Sunday. HONG MENEA STORY > 3 TENS OF THOUSANDS Authorities have now con- ducted three rounds of test- RALLY ACROSS FRANCE ing on the city's 9.2 million WORLD – PAGE10 residents and placed hun- dreds of thousands under lockdown, in an effort to curb AZ Covid shot to be used an outbreak Beijing has blamed on the highly-conta- gious Delta variant and the peak tourist season. Officials are now scrambling to track people nationwide as booster for China jabs who recently travelled from Nanjing or Zhangjiajie, a tour- Long Kimmarita groups and migrant workers. been vaccinated with Astra- traZeneca as the booster ist city in Hunan province Speaking at the launch of Zeneca will be inoculated dose. Those who have been which has locked down all 1.5 RIME Minister Hun the vaccination campaign with either Sinovac or Sinop- vaccinated with Sinovac million residents and shut all Sen has decided to for the 12-17 age group at harm vaccines for their third and Sinopharm have to be tourist attractions. use the AstraZeneca the Peace Palace in Phnom dose. The third dose is to innoculated with AstraZen- More than 1.6 billion vaccine HIDDEN KINGDOM OF Covid-19 vaccines as Penh on August 1, Hun Sen further increase the amount eca, but this vaccine [Astra- doses have so far been admin- MUD AND CLAY TAKES Pthe booster dose for the Chi- said the AstraZeneca vac- of Covid-19 antibodies pro- Zeneca] has to be delivered istered nationwide as of July nese-manufactured Sinop- cines will be used as third duced by the immune system to frontline workers at the 30, Beijing's National Health SHAPE IN NORTHERN harm and Sinonac vaccines, doses or booster shots when in light of the spread of the Cambodia-Thailand border Commission (NHC) said. It SIEM REAP PROVINCE while the US-donated John- planning is completed in coronavirus Delta variant. [as the first priority]," he said. does not provide figures on son & Johnson vaccines will the near future. "I’ve already decided to how many people have been LIFESTYLE – PAGE 12 be used for ethnic minority People who have already permit third doses with As- CONTINUED – PAGE 2 fully vaccinated. AFP WWF-CAMBODIA, PM: GOV’T COLLECTS MINISTRY OBSERVE $3B FROM CUSTOMS, WORLD RANGER DAY TAX IN SIX MONTHS NATIONAL – PAGE 4 BUSINess – PAGE 7 2 THE PHNOM PENH POST auGUST 2, 2021 WWW.phnompenhpost.COM National Probe launched after S-21 marks UNESCO listing K Speu girl found dead Nov Sivutha ULY 31 marked the 12th in purported suicide anniversary of the listing of Tuol Sleng Genocide Khouth Sophak Chakrya scene and on the deceased JMuseum Archive in that this was NOT a suicide. As UNESCO’s Memory of the A 12-YEAR-OLD girl was found a result, a task force has been World Programme. This year, it dead on July 29 in Kat Phlok established to investigate the was observed virtually due to commune of Kampong Speu circumstances of the murder the Covid-19 pandemic. province’s Baset district, with of this child,” said CPU execu- Ministry of Culture and Fine her body hung from a window tive director James McCabe. Arts spokesman Long Bunna bar in a purported suicide. The girl’s father, Chhil Na- Sireyvath told The Post on However, investigators who kry, told The Post that his August 1 that the ministry has conducted a forensic exami- daughter had never had any marked the occasion every year nation of her body suspected disputes with other children since the archive was listed in foul play and are now looking or neighbours and that most 2009. It aims to spread aware- into the matter more closely of their neighbours are cous- ness around the world to pre- in an attempt to identify pos- ins or family relations. vent crimes against humanity. sible suspects. He said that on the evening Though observed annually, Commune police chief of the incident, after plant- Bunna Sireyvath said it is not as Khuth Phanna told The Post ing seedlings, his wife had big an event as listing the Preah A visitor to the Toul Sleng Genocide Museum contemplates photos of S-21 prisoners executed by the Khmer that the girl, Kroeurn Sreyroth, prepared dinner and he told Vihear Temple as a World Herit- Rouge at the site in the 1970’s. HONG MENEA was a resident of Veal Svang his children to wash up and age Site. He said it is normally Archive was listed in 2009, the archived data to the database. scheduled to be completed by village. She was found dead come and eat. But his daugh- marked with speeches by offi- ministry and the museum has According to Nisay, through 2021 but now faces hurdles due by her parents on the evening ter did not come to eat and cials with the participation of received support from nation- this project, the museum has to the Covid-19 pandemic. of July 29 in what initially ap- then he heard her mother embassy representatives and al and international experts to created an archival website However, the museum has peared to be a case of suicide. shout “help! Aroth hung her- international organisations. preserve all remaining docu- where the public can search for copied all documents, including “But on July 30, forensic spe- self!” “However, this year the min- ments from the Khmer Rouge’s information about relatives photos, confessions, and Khmer cialists from the provincial po- “I rushed into the house istry has not been able to hold notorious S-21 detention cen- and search for documents Rouge books, and archived the lice and the Child Protection and saw my daughter hang- a gathering. We only posted tre, which represented more related to the history of the data into database. Unit [CPU] conducted an ex- ing from the window bar with messages and videos on Face- than 400,000 pages. Khmer Rouge. “We maintain and preserve amination of the girl and ruled a pair of trousers. But her legs book, along with tributes from He said that in 2018, the Nisay said the more than all these documents for all time her death a homicide,” he said. stood on the floor and there embassy and international rep- museum – with support from 400,000 documents have been because our goal is for people Her parents said the girl were cuts under her chin. resentatives. This is a World the Korea International Coop- preserved and maintained, from everywhere to be able to killed herself by hanging her- Seeing this, as parents, we Programme, so we cannot can- eration Agency in coordination museum staff trained and access, study, research and use self from a window bar 1.2m thought she hung herself,” he cel this event,” he said.