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From the Document: \'Amid the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic, Cambodia passed a law which will have huge social and political ramifications for the country, its people, and its political development The country reported its first confirmed COVID-19 case on January 27 Two months later the number of confirmed cases rose to around 100 and then quickly reached 122, and then no new cases were confirmed for five weeks between April 22 and May 20 By the end of May, Cambodia had three active cases but zero reported deaths from COVID-19 However, cases have spiked since then As of August 4, there were 241 confirmed cases and no deaths from COVID-19 Of those confirmed, 200 patients (66%) have recovered While the infections were rapidly increasing in March, the Cambodian government introduced a number of measures to control the spread of COVID-19, one of which was the passage of the controversial Law on National Administration in the State of Emergency (or the \'state of emergency\' law) \'
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