Cambodia extends COVID-19 support programmes for 3 months

31 Mar '21

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The Cambodian government has extended its financial support programmes to aid the garment and footwear, travel bag, textile, aviation and tourism sectors and the poor for another three months—from April to June. This is the eighth round of government support to the private and public sectors in response to the severe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A government statement said the measure will contain the spread of the virus and support and stabilise the economy and businesses in the affected sectors.

The country placed orders for COVID-19 vaccines and rolled out its vaccine inoculation programme.

A community event on February 20 has resulted in many positive cases of COVID-19 in the country.

“After scrutinising and thoroughly checking on the socio-economic, health, trade and investment and local and international frameworks, the government has decided to extend its financial support programmes in order to reduce the impacts of the Feb 20 community event, to validate the previous measures which will become invalid in the near future, to rehabilitate businesses to boost growth and to support the poor and vulnerable people through the cash assistance support programme,” media reports quoted the government statement as saying.

The government has decided to continue to provide $40 per month for workers in these sectors for an additional three months. Factory owners also have to pay an additional $30 per worker (a total of $70 per worker per month).

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