Cambodia yesterday reduced the required quarantine period from two weeks to one for arriving travelers who are not fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, acting after recording consistently low numbers of new infections in recent days.
The Health Ministry also said that travelers arriving by air who have not been fully vaccinated must take a rapid antigen test on the last day of their quarantine. Arrivals by land – mostly Cambodian workers in neighboring countries – are required to take rapid antigen tests on arrival as well as on the last day of quarantine.
Cambodia had already opened its borders to fully vaccinated travelers on Nov. 15 in an effort to revitalize its tourism-reliant economy.
The changes announced yesterday come about a month after another easing of pandemic-related restrictions for visitors from abroad, including the dropping of mandatory COVID-19 tests for travelers who have been vaccinated. Visas on arrival were also restored last month.
The Health Ministry yesterday reported 29 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the nation’s confirmed total since the pandemic began to 136,146 cases, including 3,056 deaths.
About 92% of 17 million people have received at least one COVID-19 vaccination.
