PHNOM PENH: The Secretary of State of the Ministry of Health, Youk Sambath has said that children three and four years old my soon be allowed to get vaccinated against Covid-19. That is with the guidance of the Prime Minister. She has stated during the arrival of the 290,400 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine through the Covax mechanism.

She says, “Sinovac has already proven its effectiveness and safety, and China is now vaccinating Sinovac to children three years of age and older.” Previously, Prime Minister Hun Sen has instructed the Ministry of Health and other health authorities to examine the possibility of vaccinating Covid-19 to the young children which will enable them to return to school.

She has also confirmed that the Royal Government of Cambodia has already issued a proclamation to local companies and will continue to work with the Chinese Embassy in Cambodia and Chinese companies in relation to the project to build a vaccine factory in Cambodia. She gave a hint that the talk may begin next week.

On the WHO’s side, Cambodia’s Representative Dr. Li Ailan says, "Cambodia is a lucky country with a strong leadership that eliminates the shortage of vaccines. The people themselves. But we all know that Covid-19 will not end easily as long as it continues to spread around the world, and Cambodia will be at risk at all times. I would also like to reiterate that the vaccine is still the most important tool to prevent the spread of Covid-19 and call on the Cambodian people to continue to be vaccinated and strictly implement the three preventive measures.

So far, Cambodia has received a total of more than 40.5 million doses of the vaccine, of which about five million doses remain in stock. As of the vaccination rate on Thursday, for the group over the age of 18, the first dose was 10,115,082 people, which is 101.15% of the total target population of 10 million. For children and adolescents aged 12 to under 18, the first dose was 1,806,957, accounting for 98.88% of the total target group of more than 1.8 million. For the third dose, 2,690,679 people. The fourth dose campaign may begin in early 2022.