{"id":329248,"date":"2021-03-19T22:58:23","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T21:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=329248"},"modified":"2021-03-19T22:59:11","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T21:59:11","slug":"who-says-cambodia-at-critical-point-in-fight-against-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=329248","title":{"rendered":"WHO says Cambodia at critical point in fight against COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The recent COVID-19 outbreaks are most likely caused by the new B.1.1.7 variant, which transmits more quickly than the previously circulating virus, the WHO said in a joint statement with the Ministry of Health.<\/p>\n

It added that seeking appropriate care in a timely manner can reduce the risk of dying due to COVID-19.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe tragic deaths due to COVID-19 are a reminder to us all of the seriousness of this disease. It can affect anyone at any time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe country is at a critical stage of fighting against COVID-19, but we have a window of opportunity to stop virus spread if we all act together with solidarity,\u2019\u2019 she added.<\/p>\n

While vaccines would help to reduce hospitalisations and severe disease, vaccines alone will not end the pandemic and they would not end the current outbreak, she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnly the combined efforts of all people will be able to stop the outbreaks.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know that fighting this pandemic is tiring, but we must come together in solidarity to defeat this virus,\u2019\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n

Effective implementation of and full compliance with strong, targeted public health interventions would prevent the devastating health, social and economic effects of COVID-19, the statement said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe current COVID-19 situation in Cambodia remains serious. What we do right now will determine the course of this outbreak.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must all accelerate our efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19 in the coming days and weeks,\u2019\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n

Large scale transmission could require large scale restrictions and lockdowns, and it would highly likely cause hospitals and health facilities to become overwhelmed.<\/p>\n

It will thus make it difficult for people with COVID-19 and other health conditions to receive care and save lives.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe situation is alarming. Everyone must take precautions to lower the risk of contracting COVID-19 and cut off the chain of transmission as soon as we can,\u2019\u2019 Ministry of Health secretary of state said.<\/p>\n

She called on people to wear a mask properly, wash hands frequently with alcohol gel or soap, and maintain a physical distance of at least 1.5 meters from each other.<\/p>\n

Vandine also urged people to reduce or stop unnecessary travel and movement from capital Phnom Penh to provinces and vice versa.<\/p>\n

\u201cStaying home is the best choice for now during this time of active virus circulation in order to stop the spread of the virus,\u2019\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n

According to the Ministry of Health, since the start of the pandemic in January last year, the kingdom has recorded a total of 1,578 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with two deaths and 917 recoveries. (Xinhua\/NAN)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday that Cambodia was at a critical point in the fight against COVID-19, calling on everyone to do what they can to fight against the disease. The Southeast Asian country has been enduring the third community COVID-19 outbreak since Feb. 20, with at least 1,062 people infected and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":323163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14571,3],"tags":[16521,14575,1968],"class_list":["post-329248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-news","tag-cambodia","tag-covid-19","tag-who"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=329248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/323163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=329248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=329248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=329248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}