Cambodia: The Ministry of Labour has announced that employees of factories and enterprises will be issued transportation passes to allow them to travel to work between provinces, while the two-week provincial travel ban is in place after the country witnessed an increase in the number of new coronavirus cases.

The ban took effect from Wednesday with the exception for vehicles transporting goods, officials, healthcare workers, armed forces members and patients, Xinhua news agency quoted Prime Minister Hun Sen as saying.

He added that commuter vehicles transporting garment factory workers will also be exempted from the ban if they hold an approval letter from the Labour Ministry or provincial labour departments.

Minister of Labour Ith Samheng said that all vehicles used for transport to work, whether it is for one worker or a shared vehicle for multiple workers, must have a pass issued by the Ministry of Labour or the relevant provincial department.

"The ban is aimed at combating and preventing the spread of Covid-19 from one province to another," Hun Sen said. He said the capital Phnom Penh and its surrounding Kandal province are considered as one region and travel between them will not be prohibited.

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