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Artigo

8 Abr 2021

Author:
Khy Sovuthy, CamboJA

Cambodia: 50 garment workers test positive for COVID-19; factory is suspended for two weeks

"With 50 Covid cases, Phnom Penh garment factory shut down", 8 April 2021

A Phnom Penh garment factory has been shut down for two weeks and thousands of workers have been ordered to take COVID-19 tests, with about 50 of their colleagues having already tested positive for the virus, officials said Thursday, as the garment sector vaccination drive moved into its second day.

The 3,000 staff at the Din Han Enterprise factory in Meanchey district were required by law to report for testing, City Hall spokesman Met Measpheakdey said, …

“[I] can confirm the case of Din Han factory, located in Stung Meanchey 3 commune, where nearly 50 workers are positive for COVID-19,” he said via voice message on Wednesday night, adding that health officials were stationed at the factory to take samples.

The outbreak in the Taiwanese-owned factory has been linked to a young woman who went for testing last week after having a fever, said Nao Huot, a representative of the Cambodian Union Federation at the factory.

… An administrator at the factory who asked not to be named said that the factory had closed for two weeks ...

“All workers were taken for samples and infected workers were sent to treatment,” the administrator said.

Preang Net, a 37-year-old sewing machine repairman, said he was surprised to be found positive and sent to the Grand Duke hotel for treatment on Wednesday.

“Now I still have energy and I can eat but I have a sore throat,” he said. “I heard that this disease is very cruel.”…

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