Cambodia's Covid-19 vaccination coverage close to 95 per cent, says Hun Sen

People receive an AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine as a booster dose at the National Pediatric Hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. - Reuters

PHNOM PENH, Oct 3 (Xinhua): Cambodia has so far administered at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccines to some 15.19 million people, or 94.9 per cent of its 16-million population, Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said on Monday.

Addressing a graduation ceremony of students at the Vanda Institute here, the Cambodian prime minister said the government's tough measures, together with high vaccination rates, have enabled the South-East Asian nation to control the pandemic successfully, protecting millions of lives.