quarantine



STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 01, 2021 • 4 min read

Covid-19 Tourists land in no-quarantine Phuket despite Thailand Covid-19 surge

By Pathom Sandwongwanich and Jonathan Klein/AFP • Jul 01, 2021
Tourist hotspot Phuket welcomed its first set of international travellers on Thursday July 1 as part of Thailand's quarantine-free project, despite the country battling its worst Covid-19 outbreak

STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 15, 2021 • 2 min read

Covid-19 Cambodia’s Hun Sen says country on ‘brink of death’ from Covid surge

By Agence France-Presse • Apr 15, 2021
Despite avoiding mass any mass outbreaks in 2020, a recent uptick in Covid-19 cases have put Cambodia "on the brink of death", its strongman premier Hun Sen has warned, as the country imposed lockdowns in the capital Phnom Penh and a nearby city.

Jul 30, 2020 • 7 min read
Tales of the Pandemic

The long way home: State quarantine in a Bangkok hotel

Last week, Globe reporter Wanpen Pajai returned to her native Thailand from the Netherlands. Beyond bureaucratic hoops, stringent health checks and now state quarantine, along the way she has also encountered human stories from people impacted by the pandemic
By Wanpen Pajai • Jul 30, 2020

Jul 02, 2020 • 6 min read
The Quarantine Chronicles

Entry 2.5: Quarantine Matters with Alexi Demetriadi

As Globe reporter Alexi Demetriadi nears the end of his Phnom Penh quarantine experience, he touches base with Alexi Demetriadi in a no-holds-barred interview to hear about how its gone, and what travellers coming to Cambodia should know
By Alexi Demetriadi • Jul 02, 2020

Jun 25, 2020 • 6 min read
The Quarantine Chronicles

Entry one: Down and Out in Sydney and Phnom Penh

Globe reporter Alexi is stuck in quarantine for two-weeks in the outskirts of Phnom Penh after his flight returned a positive case of Covid-19. In his first diary entry from isolation, he talks swabs, Russian Boulevard and Avicii
By Alexi Demetriadi • Jun 25, 2020

Apr 27, 2020 • 7 min read
Tales of the Pandemic

Hunkering down in tourist-free Siem Reap

Cambodia's Siem Reap thrives and survives on its tourist industry, with millions flocking to the ancient Angkor Wat temple each year. But as Covid-19 halts global travel, writer Jonathan Evans describes life minus the tourists in this once-again sleepy little town
By Jonathan Evans • Apr 27, 2020

Apr 13, 2020 • 5 min read
Singapore economy

Singapore’s struggling bars and eateries having to adapt to survive

As Singapore goes into full lockdown, the city-states once-bustling food and beverage establishments are having to find innovative ways to stay afloat. Will the pandemic change the way the sector operates for good?
By Amanda Oon • Apr 13, 2020

Apr 12, 2020 • 2 min read
Covid-19

Silent streets for water festival in Myanmar lockdown

Myanmar’s New Year festival, Thingyan, is the country’s biggest public holiday and normally a week of nation-wide celebration and water-fights. But this year the country’s commercial hub Yangon lies in lockdown and silent, its streets eerily empty with residents shut firmly indoors as coronavirus fears grow
By Agence France-Presse • Apr 12, 2020

Apr 07, 2020 • 4 min read
Covid-19

Indonesian prisoners dread virus outbreak

In Indonesia's prisons, overcrowding, poor ventilation and deficient health, hygiene and sanitation conditions offer the perfect breading ground for a Covid-19 outbreak
By Agence France-Presse • Apr 07, 2020

Apr 07, 2020 • 9 min read
Covid-19

‘Cambodian healthcare will be overwhelmed by outbreak’

As Covid-19 cases rise, healthcare systems in the most developed nations have struggled to cope. Horn Chanvoitey of Future Forum warns that Cambodia's chronically underfunded healthcare system will also be overwhelmed if an outbreak occurs
By Horn Chanvoitey • Apr 07, 2020