What are the latest entry requirements and quarantine details for travelers to Cambodia amid COVID-19?

May 24, 2020
5 years ago
Garrett ***********
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Good news from a neighboring country, Cambodia. There appears to be NO quarantine requirement, but there is a health certificate and health insurance requirement.

* Edit* further articles appear that there is a 14 quarantine

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Cambodia has lifted entry bans for travelers from six countries due to the easing of COVID-19 restrictions, but new requirements include a negative COVID-19 medical certificate issued no more than 72 hours before travel and proof of health insurance coverage. Upon arrival, travelers will need to take an additional COVID-19 test and may face a 14-day quarantine depending on the test results. While some view this as a step in the right direction for tourism, many express concerns about the ongoing quarantine requirements and their potential impact on travel. Discussions reveal frustrations over the logic behind needing a test both before flying and upon arrival.
Steve **********
Been a few times, loved it. But complex visa rules
Steve **********
When will Vietnam lift ban ?
Paolo ***********
and there will be 14 day quarantine/
Max ***********
Mate the US is the worse place to stay. Very few cases in Cambodia, Vietnam or Thailand.
Michael ******
dense. When woods are dense, the trees grow close together. ... And if someone calls you dense, they think nothing can get into your thick skull. Dense comes from the Latin densus which means thick and cloudy. In general, the word means packed tight and gives the sense that something is difficult to get through.
Michael ******
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@Max **********
China is the worst place to be. How soon will Thailand welcome back Chinese tourists????
Rick *******
So I guess I will scratch Cambodia off my list of countries to visit. It looks more and more like I will be staying in the US for quite some time.
Garrett ***********
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I'm sure they'll miss you....
Ron *******
Here is a new one. Not this region but Norway and Russia.

Norway looking to more or less close it's borders until 1st January 2021.

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Ron *******
Quarantine looks to be the new normal unless your travelling in Europe and from a schengen country.
Tom *******
A safe vaccine is years away so forget that. They still don’t even have one for all the other calamities: Avian Flu, H1N1, Swine Flu, Ebola etc., etc. And then there’s the feeling by millions that if it came from e.g. The Gates’s Foundation, they wouldn’t trust it. Forget vaccines. A better way needs to be found.
Matthew ********
Eventually "air bridges" will be set up between countries that have contained the virus and travel will continue as normal. For instance between Australia and New Zealand. As more countries contain the virus more "air bridges" will be added.
Michael ******
Quarantine is a major wall most will not even try to get over
Adveromaex ****
Looks like all these openings are to allow their people to return from where they stuck now - not for tourists.
Michael ********
Malaysia is opening june 2nd the border with Singapore but its two weeks quarantine
Michael ******
I still think the quarantine period, paid by travelers, will be a major turn off no matter the country. They don't think things through (as usual).
Matthew ********
No tourist visa available for any country to come to Cambodia yet.
Manuajomtien *********
But no fligth...no understand
Michael ********
@Manuajomtien ********
read the article there is flights but not from Thailand
Adveromaex ****
All this is ridiculous - travel will not restart with quarantines still in place.
John *******
@Adveromaex ***
this is the new normal. We all have to get use to it.
Sarah ********
I've got a 5 week holiday booked for November to Thailand and Bali but i'm not in any one location for longer then 5 days lol
Sarah ********
No one will go unless they live there and just trying to get home. Tourism won't exist if you go on holiday for 2 weeks and have to isolate for 2 weeks
Sarah ********
Makes no sense so you need a negative covid test less then 72 hours before flying then they give you another one on arrival? Why not just do the one on arrival what's the point in the one 72 hours before?
Steve **********
@Sarah *******
infection of those in airport and on flight. There are others involved in everything you do
Sarah ********
Yes that's right
Liv ****
Wait. It can takes up to 14 days to show symptoms, not to show on test result. Isnt it?
Sarah ********
You could have caught it say 5 days before and won't necessarily show up on either test and you might not have symptoms at all it's a difficult one tests don't mean anything unless you have one everyday lol
Sarah ********
I would hope that you wouldn't anyway but it takes 14 days potentially to show up so either test 3 days before or on arrival doesn't make any sense
Michael ******
If you are positive before your flight everyone at the clinic, your home, the airport, and all those near could be infected. How could you have a conscience flying if you were positive before boarding?
Liv ****
@Sarah *******
i think it's so you don't even board a flight if you're infected
Sarah ********
Lifts ban on people from USA the most infected country in the world but not the UK? haha ridiculous
Robo ******
UK wasn't on the list to begin with.
Sarah ********
Well yes of course but well they lied about everything haven't they? Countries would be crazy if they let the Chinese in to be honest
Michael ******
China is the most infected with the most deaths, but of course we all know China covered up that too.
Sarah ********
Just a bit strange to be honest although from what I believe you're not even allowed to leave Australia are you until maybe next year? So even if countries let you, you can't leave anyway?
Adveromaex ****
@Sarah *******
Or Australia - we have less than 100 active cases...😁
Adveromaex ****
Quarantine on arrival - no, thank you !😎
Stu *******
@Adveromaex ***
quarantine on arrival is academic. It’s impossible to get a covid19 test in most countries unless you are genuinely sick and displaying symptoms. Even then it often takes 48-72 hours to get a result. As Long as they maintain this requirement might as well keep the border closed.
Bim *******
Ryan ***********
Looks like it comes with some quarantine requirements though. To be expected I guess.

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Cambodia Entry Requirements

On May 20, authorities lifted restrictions on entry into Cambodia, in place since March, of foreigners traveling from six named countries experiencing the spread of COVID-19 (the United States, France, Germany, Iran, Italy, and Spain) and introduced the following requirements for prevention, containment, and response to the spread of CCOVID-19 for all travelers entering Cambodia by air, land, and water.

1. All travelers entering Cambodia must possess a COVID-19 medical certificate, indicating a negative status, issued no more than 72 hours prior to the date of travel and proof of medical insurance coverage of at least $50,000;

2. Upon arrival in Cambodia, all travelers must undergo a COVID-19 test and wait to receive laboratory results. In the event one or more travelers test positive for COVID-19, all accompanying passengers will be subject to a 14-day quarantine at a location designated by Cambodian authorities. If all travelers test negative, health authorities will ask travelers to self-isolate for 14-days at their home under supervision of local authorities and health officials. Health authorities will then oversee another COVID-19 test on the 14th day of self-isolation.
Michael ******
Thank you Ryan for the clarification on that.
Michael ******
Self Isolation and online grocery shopping from Big C Phnom Phen is possible.
Eddie *******
The Cambodian PM may have been out of his mind when he made the above decision. Or just another heartless, obnoxious leader who doesnt care about fellow countrymen.
Ron *******
They implement a 14 day quarantine

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Michael ******
Eliminate that 14 quarantine requirement if I am already negative. If I am negative I am not contagious. Looks like Cambodia is copying the Thailand quarantine playbook for money too. Not playing that game. It is a start in the right direction, but when the complaints begin to happen about quarantine and wasting money Cambodia and Thailand will get wise They have to get wise they need the money..
Marguyvin **********
Not surprising. Their economy is heavily dependent on tourism. Much more so than LOS. Cambodia cannot afford to remain closed for too long.
Adveromaex ****
Italy and Spain are allowed but not Australia !😳
Michael ******
A sign of good things to come, hopefully. Requirements seem reasonable and responsible for the traveler. I am sure more countries will be added in the near future.
Maurizio *****
Now Thayland please
J ******************
Does not make sense. Are the countries listed the only ones they will let in?
Garrett ***********
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Yes
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