Phnom Penh (FN), Jan. 31 – Cambodia will receive an additional 5 million dose of COVID19 vaccine from China and purchase another 3 million doses, which will arrive in the early 2022.

Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen spoke at the groundbreaking ceremony of a flyover on National Road 5 on Monday.

“According to foreign media reports, the Chinese-vaccines both Sinopharm and Sinovac are capable of fighting against the new COVID19 variant,” the premier said.

Cambodia has nine million doses of COVID19 vaccine in storage. Cambodia has so far vaccinated over 90 percent of the total population. Nearly 6 million people have received third dose and over 420,000 received the fourth dose.
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