COVID-19 situation in Cambodia becomes cause for serious concern amid increasing infections and deaths – WHO

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World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to Cambodia Li Ailan expressed concerns over a spike in new cases and deaths, urging greater community participation to suppress transmission. “The COVID-19 situation in Cambodia is not getting better. I am very worried about the increasing infections and deaths” she said on social media. “I know ‘worry’ itself is not a solution. Without more effective non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), it is unlikely to get better.”

 

Cambodia has been registering close to 1000 cases a day and double digit fatalities from the dreaded virus which as if Friday has claimed 881 lives and infected 59,978 people. The WHO representative’s comments came as Cambodia received new batches of Chinese COVID-19 vaccines, namely Sinovac and Sinopharm, on Saturday as the COVID-19 case total in the Southeast Asian nation neared the 60,000 mark.

 

Health ministry’s secretary of state Yok Sambath said the new arrivals included Sinovac vaccines purchased from biopharmaceutical firm Sinovac Biotech and Sinopharm jabs ordered from pharmaceutical company Sinopharm. “Today is a special day because we received a large number of COVID-19 vaccines,” she told reporters while receiving the jabs at the Phnom Penh International Airport.

 

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