Phnom Penh (FN), Aug. 5 – Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen, on Thursday, sincerely requested the United Kingdom to continue to provide humanitarian assistances in the form of vaccines, as well as to facilitate Cambodia in ordering additional AstraZeneca vaccines to meet future needs.

He spoke at the handover ceremony of 415,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine donated by the government and people of the UK, held on Thursday at Phnom Penh International Airport.

“AstraZeneca vaccine, which is a valuable humanitarian donation from the government and people of the UK, will be used for Booster Shot Vaccination Campaign,” the premier added.

Cambodian government has launched the vaccination campaign for approximately 2 million children aged 12-17. At the same time, the government decided to launch the Third Dose or Booster Shot Vaccination Campaign for frontline public officials serving in provinces along the Cambodia Thailand border, where the Delta variant is spreading.

So far, Cambodia has received 3.2 million doses of China-aided COVID19 vaccine, 1 million doses of Japan-aided vaccine, and 415,000 doses of the UK-aided vaccine. Cambodia has also received 1,384,100 doses of COVID19 vaccine from the COVAX Facility.
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