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Kandal province closed the vaccination campaign for people aged 18 and over on September 8, making it the first province to end the programme, with nearly 100 per cent of the targeted population vaccinated and about 1.5 per cent remaining unvaccinated. ...

A total of 1,573,131 adolescents aged between 12 and 17 have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, of which 383,461 have been fully vaccinated. ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday approved Covid-19 vaccines for women who are menstruating, pregnant, trying to get pregnant or breastfeeding. ...

The government is looking into the possibility of vaccinating children under 12 years in a bid to ensure everyone in the country is protected from Covid-19. ...

A total of 548,670 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines have been administered, leaving slightly more than 866,000 doses left for those who are eligible for booster shots or for elderly who qualify for this vaccine. ...

Cambodia remaining stock of Janssen’s Johnson & Johnson vaccines, which was designated for frontliners and general population in remote, far lying places and hill tribes now stands at just above 200,000. ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) in Cambodia has donated more than $320,000 in medical supplies to the Ministry of Health for pandemic prevention and response efforts. ...

Or Vandine, head of the national Covid-19 vaccination committee, has urged municipal and provincial governors to accelerate their campaign for both first and second doses after noticing slow progress in recent days. ...

The Koh Kong Provincial Administration has instructed local authorities to determine the number of people in territories under their jurisdiction who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19 as the province’s first-dose vaccination campaign is approaching an end. ...

The Chinese government has donated another 500,000 doses of the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine for Cambodia with their shipment expected on August 23. ...

Cambodia’s “well-strategised and rapidly-executed” Covid-19 vaccination programme are set to underpin economic growth that may top six per cent next year, eclipsing the preponderance of regional and global peers, according to a new report from consulting firm Mekong Strategic Partners Co Ltd (MSP). ...

Cambodia is on track to achieve GDP growth of more than six percent next year thanks to its “well strategised and rapidly executed” vaccine rollout, according to an investment advisory firm. ...

Cambodia should complete its vaccine programme eight months ahead of its targeted plan and up to 12 months before neighbouring countries. ...

Phnom Penh is the most vaccinated capital in the world with around 99 percent of adults fully vaccinated, according to Mekong Strategic Partners (MSP). ...

Six companies with securities listed on the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) reported a recovery in business performance in the second quarter of this year over the early days of the health crisis, on the back of the rapid pace of the Covid-19 vaccination programme in ...

Cambodia’s economic growth is projected to see robust growth next year because of economic recovery resulting from the government’s Covid-19 vaccination programmme. ...

World Health Organisation (WHO) representative to Cambodia Li Ailan said Cambodia has had one of the most successful campaigns to vaccinate its people against Covid-19 in the WHO’s entire western-pacific region. ...

The vaccination of prisoners against Covid-19 is likely to be completed by the end of the month as only 5,000 inmates still need to get vaccinated, according to General Department of Prisons (GDP) spokesman Nouth Savna. ...

The national Covid-19 vaccination committee appealed to people aged 18 and over who have not been vaccinated to immediately do so. ...

To enhance immunity and to protect against the increasing prevalence of new coronavirus variants, Cambodia is in negotiation with its friendly countries to buy the AstraZeneca vaccine to administer as the booster shot to those who already took two doses of the Covid-19 vaccines.​ ...