Phalla's Oral History, Round 1

- Phalla, 28, Khmer
- Used to work for local NGOs with emphasis on agriculture
- Applied and got accepted to continue Master’s degree in Australia but haven’t been
able to go due to Covid-19
- Broke some COVID-19 control rules
- Experienced emotional distress from uncertainty caused by Covid-19

January 18, 2021

Khmer

Biography 1, see also ‘Job’

Border restrictions/closures 12-13

Changes to daily routine
-Delays in
--Life plans 8-9
--Studies 7
-Use of virtual space 16
-Work see ‘Job’

Comparison with other crises 6-7

Daily life necessities
-Difficulty in obtaining supplies 5
-Food 4-5
-Hand sanitiser 4-5, 11
-Masks 4-5, 11, 14

Description of Covid-19 2-3

Information sources on Covid-19 and related measures 2-3, 14-15
-False information 10-11

Job 1, 4
-Family members’ work-from-home arrangements 5-6

Post Covid-19 hopes 17

Psychological impacts
-Stress 7-9

Relationships 4

Response measures for Covid-19
-Assistance for Covid-19 relief 14-15
-Breaking rules 11
-Contact tracing 13-14
-Government measures 4, 9-10, 12-14, 16
-Quarantine/self-isolation 16
-Reactions to measures 11-13
-Schools 4

Social media 10-11, 14

Vaccines 15