Pisey's Oral History

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Title

Pisey's Oral History

Synopsis

● Pisey, 23, Khmer
● A graduate of law
● Infected by coronavirus and had to get treated at government facility
● Experienced difficulties with treatment such as loss of taste and sleep irregularities
● Think people should not be too scared of COVID-19 because it is fairly easy to treat
● Treatment lasted 11 days followed by a 2 week quarantine

Date Created

February 13, 2021

Language of interview

Khmer

Index

Biography 1
Changes to daily routine
-Delay in starting a job 5
-Diet 5
Comparison with other crises 7-8
Daily life necessities 7
Description of Covid-19 2, 7
Discrimination, see ‘Infection by Covid-19’
Financial impacts of Covid-19 5
Infection by Covid-19 11
-Advice for others 15
-False information spread about her and her family 14
-Shunned by others 9, 13-14
-Symptoms 3
-Treatment 4, 6-7
Information sources on Covid-19 and related measures 2, 11
-False information 14
Job
-Family’s business 5
-Unable to start a job 5
Post Covid-19 hopes 15
Psychological impacts
-Sense of lost time 5
-Solitude 8
Response measures for Covid-19
-Assistance for Covid-19 relief 12
-Government measures 6, 10, 12
-Quarantine/self-isolation 5-7, 12
-Reactions to measures
--Family and friends 11
--Personal 10-11
Social media 2, 11

Item sets

Pisey's Oral History Pisey's Oral History (translation)