According to COVAX’s delivery schedule, Cambodia should receive 1.1 million doses of India-made Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine at the end of May.
Officials in Cambodia say eight villagers have died after drinking homemade rice wine that was probably adulterated.
The Pasteur Institute is researching wildlife trade in Cambodia’s north in order to better understand the health risk posed by pathogen transmission to humans.
As of Friday, roughly 20 percent of Cambodia’s adult population had received at least one dose of the available vaccines, or about 13 percent of the total population, according to Health Ministry figures.
Residents in red zones are prohibited from leaving their homes except in medical emergencies.
Authorities recorded 650 new cases and 4 deaths on Thursday.
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 has shut down public markets across Phnom Penh, including in “red zones,” with the government taking on the responsibility of selling food and providing food donations.
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday ordered the deployment of military medical officers and soldiers to administer and manage a COVID-19 vaccination drive for Phnom Penh residents living in “red zones.”
Authorities have put Phnom Penh and the nearby town of Takhmau under lockdown until May 5, while all markets were shut in the capital on Saturday.
The Communist Party’s mouthpiece Nhan Dan published in Vietnamese on Sunday that the imported cases were from Cambodia.
Earlier this week, the government also turned another wedding venue Koh Pich Convention & Exhibition Centre into a field hospital housing about 1,800 beds.
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