Phnom Penh (VNA) – Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Senhas approved in principle the elimination of the 3,000 USD deposit and 50,000USD insurance for investors, businesspeople and experts entering the country,the Khmer Times reported.

However, the technical working group of theeconomy and health ministries will discuss further to do check and determinewhether the loosening of the measure will impact public health or not.

Spokesman of the Ministry of Economy and FinanceMeas Sok Sensan said the government will facilitate the procedure forbusiness-linked travellers, including investors, directors, general managers,technical staff, and their family members.

However, the regulation that travellers musthave COVID-19-free health certificates within 72 hours prior to their arrivalremains in place. On arrival, after normal immigration procedure, travellerswill be quickly guided to have COVID-19 testing, and it takes about 8 hours tohave test results.

The spokesman added that a 160 USD fee relatedto swab test, meal, and transport to pre-booked hotels for the first nightaccommodation will include the hotels’ first night fee.

If the test is negative, travellers can go totheir own self-quarantine places for 14 days. If positive, they will be sentfor treatment and their companies will pay the total bill.

The new procedure is expected to be applied nextweek.

Meanwhile, a secretary of state at the CambodianCouncil of Ministers In Virak Cheat on July 20 sent a letter to EducationMinister Hang Chuon Naronto to announce that the government gave the greenlightto the reopening of 20 schools meeting high-safety standards in Phnom Penhcapital, Siem Reap city, and Battambang city.

According to the Ministry of Education, thefirst phase will include schools with high-safety standards, the second phasewill focus on schools with moderate-safety standards, and the third one will beschools with minimum-safety standards.

Each class must not have more than 15 students,while social distancing must be strictly enforced, it said.

As of July 21 morning, Cambodia recorded 197cases of COVID-19, including 140 recoveries./.