Royal Government Orders 105 Million Doses of Domestically-Packaged COVID-19 Vaccines

The Royal Government of Cambodia has ordered almost 105 million doses of domestically-filled and packaged Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine.

“We have decided to sign to buy 104,873,157 doses of COVID-19 vaccines which will be packaged in Cambodia for a period of three years, from 2024 to 2026,” said Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen in a voice message this evening.

As the COVID-19 pandemic remains active in the world, we need to get ready to avoid the lack of vaccines, he explained.

Cambodian Pharmaceutical Enterprise will work with Sinovac Life Sciences to supply Cambodia about 35 million doses of vaccines per year, he added.

Today, The Ministry of Health signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation for filling and packaging COVID-19 Inactivated Vaccines with China’s Sinovac Life Sciences and Cambodian Pharmaceutical Enterprise.

Under the MoU, the Cambodian Pharmaceutical Enterprise is given rights to fill and package domestically the inactivated COVID-19 vaccines supplied by Sinovac Life Sciences Co., Ltd.

For 2022-2023, Samdech Techo Hun Sen said, Cambodia will continue to use the remaining 9 million doses of vaccines in stock obtained via purchase and donation. In the near future, the country will receive 15 million more doses committed by China, over 5.5 million doses by the U.S., and 500,000 doses by Australia.

Samdech Techo Hun Sen took the opportunity to once again encourage his compatriots to get vaccinated, stressing that vaccination is the key strategy to contain and prevent the pandemic.

The vaccination in Cambodia will continue to be free of charge to ensure that all people have access to vaccines, he confirmed.

According to the Premier, no new infection of COVID-19 was reported in Cambodia for 26 days in a row.  

To date, over 15 million of the total Cambodian population of 16 million got the basic doses of COVID-19 vaccines, while over 9.3 million received the 3rd jab, and some 2.5 million the 4th shot. The 5th dose will be administered to frontliners starting from June 9, 2022.

Cambodia has so far registered 136,262 confirmed cases of COVID-19, of which 133,204 have recovered, but 3,056 lost their lives.

Source: Agency Kampuchea Press