outside the capital with exceptions for goods transporters, armed forces and civil servants starting midnight on the 10th and would last a week until 16th. may–october 2020 - slowdown in new case detections and reopenings after a month-long streak of no new cases in may, the ministry of health reported a new imported case of a man travelling from the philippines. the other 62 passengers on the flight are quarantined at a hotel in phnom penh. in july, a small number of private schools were allowed to reopen for in-person teaching, with a number of safety protocols mandated. schools nationwide were reopened for in-person teaching on 7 september after a six-month closure. temperature checks, mask wearing, hygiene and maximum number of occupants per room were mandated by authorities. casinos began reopening in late september. the annual bon om touk (water festival) race in phnom penh was cancelled in october to minimise the risk of large gatherings. november visit of hungarian foreign minister on 3 november, foreign minister of hungary péter szijjártó visited cambodia, holding meetings with high ranking government officials and signing three agreements. szijjártó tested positive upon his return to bangkok the following day, prompting staff from 13 government institutions, including prime minister hun sen, to go into quarantine. as of 11 november, the ministry of health had tested over 1,000 contacts and had started contact tracing efforts into seven provinces, with four contacts testing positive. schools, museums, entertainment venues, cinemas, beer gardens and gyms in phnom penh and kandal were closed for two weeks and the public were advised to avoid large gatherings such as weddings, group dinners and concerts. hun sen dismissed rumors that a lockdown was being considered on 12 november. international arrival procedures were also changed, mandating a strict 14-day quarantine for all arrivals regardless of a negative test. restrictions related to the '3 november event' were lifted on 21 november. first local transmission on 29 november, cambodia reported its first known local community transmission on a woman in phnom penh with no history of overseas travel. all six of her family members, including her husband who is the director general of the general department of prisons, also tested positive. aeon mall in phnom penh was closed as the woman had recently visited there, and contact tracing efforts began across the city and to three other provinces. as of 30, 3 november 382 people have been tested as part of this cluster and as of 5 december 29 people had tested positive. the government also cancelled the remainder of the 2020 school year. the ministry of health later clarified that the strain of the community outbreak was different from the 3 november case, and suggested that covid-19 may have entered the country sometime during october and been circulating in the population since then. the cluster was traced back to the daughter of the prison director, who showed symptoms in october, and may have had contact with an imported case. february - april 2021: large-scale outbreak and vaccinations ministry of health announced on 4 february that it had granted emergency use authorization to the sinopharm bibp vaccine. a million doses would be provided with first batch of 600 thousand doses received on 7 february. among those whom to be prioritized for vaccination were government officials, armed forces, health workers, educators, and journalists. with a budget of $170 million, cambodia thus began its vaccination programme on 10 february. another batch of 700 thousand doses would be delivered on 1 april. the government later rolled out the covishield vaccine on 5 march with the first batch of 324 thousand doses. people above 60 were urged to receive this vaccine, otherwise, the sinopharm vaccine was still for younger ones. 1.5 million purchased doses of chinese-made coronavac were readied to deploy for registered 60-year-olds and under on 1 april. a large-scale outbreak detected in phnom penh in 20 february took place when two out of four chinese nationals who breached quarantine at the sokha hotel a few days prior tested positive. they were said to have spent time in a nightclub and several other residences including those in koh pich. this was the largest detected community outbreak to date, and selected city districts and businesses were ordered to close. an investigation by al jazeera english indicated after the quarantined persons had bribed security guards to be released, phnom penh's casino sector and human trafficking may have contributed to the outbreak. hospitals in phnom penh reached capacity by 23 february. later patients would be sent to phnom penh quarantine center in prek pnov district. one of the patients treated in the said facility was pronounced deceased around 9 a.m. a 34-year-old chinese man's death was ruled as a heart attack due to amphetamine withdrawal. showing no mild symptoms, he was tested positive three days prior, a part of 20 february cluster with sum of 424 active cases so far that day. on 11 march, a cambodian man, 50, died at 10:40 a.m. from chronic lung disease in phnom penh. he was confirmed to be exposed to his employer on 28 february. this occurrence marked the country's first death of covid-19. according to u.s. cdc, all cases sequenced in the outbreak was infected by lineage b.1.1.7 first identified in the united kingdom and was believed to have started from an infected airline passenger who left quarantine without authorization on the night of 8 february. an 8-to-5 night curfew order was implemented for two weeks started on 1 april across phnom penh. all non-essential travel and business activity was ceased. the death toll raised to 16. in april 2021, a mass vaccination of cambodia's textile workers began, with the view to help jump-start the country's post-pandemic economic recovery; the textile industry is worth an estimated $7 billion to cambodia's economy. a record daily figure of 576 infections were reported on 9 april. 544 of these were in phnom penh, mostly associated with cluster outbreaks at o'russei market and a garment factory in meanchey district. some districts of phnom penh were placed under lockdown for 14 days, the first to be implemented in cambodia since the pandemic began. further restrictions were imposed including a ban on sales of alcohol and limiting restaurants' service to takeaway only. the virus had been circulating in 27 of phnom penh's crowded markets and at least 120 factories since the 20 february cluster was detected. april–august 2021: city-wide lockdowns on 6 april, home treatment for patients showing mild or no symptoms were introduced in phnom penh. on 15 april, all of phnom penh and ta khmau were placed under lockdown, a strict stay at home order, for two weeks. prime minister hun sen warned the country was on the "brink of death", and the world health organization warned the country was "on the brink of national tragedy" with the healthcare system at risk of becoming overwhelmed. prison sentences, fines and caning were used by police to enforce restrictions. certain districts were declared as "red zones", where food markets and supermarkets were closed and people cannot leave except for medical emergencies, with the ministry of commerce in charge of distributing food supplies. the lockdown resulted in thousands of phnom penh residents going hungry and requiring emergency food aid. sihanoukville enacted another lockdown and several "red zones" on 24 april. in phnom penh, "high-risk" business activities were restricted on 2 june. in june, curfews were introduced in siem reap and poipet, and a lockdown was announced in three locations of samraong in oddar meanchey province in response to wider outbreaks throughout the country's provinces. by 12 june, or vandine announced that 2.3 million people had been fully vaccinated. the interior ministry announced in june that 10-20% of prisoners in certain prisons, representing several thousand people, had been infected by covid-19. by 16 june, it is reported that 3,076,775 people (1,494,797 females) have been vaccinated in cambodia. on 18 july, cambodia suspended border crossing with vietnam for one month with exceptions made only for diplomats, civil servants, some students and patients in need of medical treatment. provinces that border thailand (banteay meanchey, oddar meanchey, battambang, pailin, pursat, koh kong, preah vihear) and siem reap were put into lockdown for 14 days to combat delta variant transmission in community, starting from 29 july. as of the date, 114 cases were detected since 31 march. most were reported on migrants crossing from thailand. during the first semester of 2021, more than 60 thousand people had returned from the neighboring country. additionally 9pm to 3am curfew and restrictions were imposed nationwide. a vaccination programme for 2 million people aged 12–17 would be run on 1 august, first in phnom penh, then kandal, sihanoukville and koh kong. by 28 july, 70.43% of the targeted population were vaccinated. it would take less than three more weeks to reach the planned target. in august, prime minister had confirmed that astrazeneca vaccine would be administered as third dose, designated to frontliners and people in areas bordering thailand. he also announced deployment of janssen vaccine on 2 august to highland and rural areas. tboung khmum was distributed 98,485 doses for the opening campaign. on 1 august, moh confirmed 109 new cases of delta variant which 5 cases were detected in phnom penh. november 2021-present full reopening on 1 november, prime minister hun sen announced that the country would be fully reopening all sectors, saying that the country had achieved herd immunity by vaccinating majority of its entire population. to expedite the reopening effort and promote tourism recovery, hun sen also ordered a removal of quarantine requirement for fully vaccinated travelers entering cambodia by land, air or water, whether cambodians or foreigners starting from 15 november. however, they still need to present a covid-19 free certificate issued within 72 hours before travelling and to take a covid-19 rapid antigen tests upon arrival. statistics summary as of 31 october 2021 cumulative casesactive casesdeathstests performed 107,4115,5792,176+222,382,457+8,398 new casesrecovered 82299,628 vaccination doses available 32,606,600 doses administered 24,385,751+244,942 at least one doseper 100 people 12,823,86876.3% fully vaccinatedbooster 11,750,976855,045 progression daily figures from 20 february 2021 confirmed cases and recovered deceased from 27 january 2020–19 february 2021 case breakdown by provinces (as of 4 may 2021) provincetotal casesre⁠coveriesdeathschart (%) cambodia16,2995,761107 (7) phnom penh sihanoukville kandal banteay meanchey other banteay meanchey61668 battambang3028 kampong cham118331 kampong chhnang166 kampong speu74142 (1) kampong thom5112 kampot107 kandal1,3874892 kep1061 koh kong5043 kratie33 mondulkiri30 oddar meanchey32 pailin1919 phnom penh11,2023,83286 (3) preah vihear33 prey veng115702 (1) pursat154 siem reap5623 sihanoukville2,0238518 (1) stung treng10 svay rieng3142224 takeo12729 tboung khmum53271 (1) by nationalities (as of 28 april 2021) nationality cases nationality cases cambodia10,505 canada3 china810 hungary2 indonesia181 pakistan vietnam115 singapore france47 belgium1 malaysia17 czech republic united states16 jordan thailand12 kazakhstan myanmar11 libya india6 nepal united kingdom norway japan5 poland nigeria4 switzerland philippines total11,761 south korea by age group (as of 3 may 2021) agecasesdeathslethality all ages 15,3611060.7% 0–9 709 10–19 1,414 20–29 4,92050.1% 30–39 4,716140.3% 40–49 1,920180.9% 50–59 967222.3% 60–69 453214.6% 70–79 1861910.2% 80+ 41512.2% unknown 3512.9% by source of infection (%) (as of 24 september 2021) community-spread imported by gender (as of 3 may 2021) confirmed cases deaths laboratory tests vaccination impact united nations development programme predicted in october 2020 that the poverty rate in cambodia could double to 17.6% and unemployment could rise to 4.8% as a result of the covid-19 recession. the economy is projected to shrink by 5.5% in 2020, following 7% growth in 2019. according to asian development bank, around 390,000 people were estimated to have lost their jobs. closure of garment factories alone, cambodia's biggest employer, have left at least 100,000 people unemployed. many cambodians are indebted to microfinance institutions, putting them at risk of falling into poverty if loan repayments cannot be met. around 86,000 cambodian migrant workers returned from thailand as border closures took effect, with minimal employment opportunities upon their return. the pandemic severely impacted the tourism sector in cambodia as international travel was disrupted by restrictions and all tourist visas were suspended. the coastal tourism hub of sihanoukville was impacted by a drop in arrivals from china. in siem reap, ticket sales for angkor national park dropped to an average of 22 people per day during april, leaving angkor wat, typically bustling with thousands of tourists, almost empty. in october, ticket sales for angkor