Three fire engines put out the fire, but it was too late - all five people inside were dead, including a three-year-old boy.
The announcement brings an end to a three-week lockdown in two cities, which was extended by seven days last week and also saw the introduction of a three-color zone system.
The government last Wednesday enforced a 14-day lockdown in Phnom Penh and Takhmau due to the rapid increase in COVID-19 cases.
There has been an explosion of COVID-19 cases in Cambodia, centered in Phnom Penh’s garment factories and public markets.
The Cambodian government lashed out at the United Nations' criticism that its approach to mitigating the spread of the novel coronavirus was breaching people’s right to privacy.
Around 50 workers from Din Han Enterprise, a Taiwanese-owned garment factory, tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday.
The Health Ministry on Tuesday said that there are currently 1,003 patients who are being treated at health facilities across the country.
Fear of physical violence and legal risk is a daily part of the job, according to Cambodian Journalists Alliance Association.
Last week, the former traffic police officer was coughing and breathless, and shortly after being admitted to the hospital, he died from COVID-19.
Allegations include insulting Buddhist monks, under Article 516 of the Criminal Code, Article 496 for incitement, and Article 233, which deals with death threats.
Cambodia recorded its highest single-day COVID-19 case count with the Health Ministry reporting 105 cases on Tuesday.
The 50-year-old Cambodian man tested positive on February 27 and is part of the February 20 cluster which has, so far, recorded close to 630 COVID-19 cases.
CPJ’s senior Southeast Asia representative said the Cambodian government should not use “flimsy” allegations of fake news to suppress reporting on COVID-19.
A hospital statement said the death was not linked to the Sinopharm vaccine and that Seang Tola passed away due to a heart attack.
Government denies doses of Chinese-made vaccine are available as it bans return of Angkor Times publisher.
The statement said “all sides” must refrain from instigating violence and called for a constructive dialogue to end the turmoil in Myanmar.
The deforestation alerts showed widespread forest clearings during 2020 and early 2021. In 2019, Prey Lang lost 7,511 hectares of tree cover, an increase of 73% compared to the previous year, according to the University of Maryland.
“Foreigners will be expelled from the Kingdom of Cambodia and will never be allowed to return,” read a letter issued by a COVID-19 inter-ministry commission and signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen on February 22.
The Health Ministry reported 31 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, a cluster that it refers to as the “February 20 event.”
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