Cambodia mulls vaccinating children aged 10 and 11 against COVID-19

With Cambodia already well on its way to achieving herd immunity, with adequate vaccines in hand, it is now mulling the next step in its national vaccination programme, the vaccination of children aged 10 and 11. The Prime Minister had hinted this sometime back when he launched the vaccination campaign for adolescents aged between 12 and 17 on August 1, exactly a month ago, which is turning out to be a big success, leading to the planned reopening of schools in due course, particularly secondary schools from grade nine to 12.

Secretary of state and spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health Youk Sambath said yesterday the ministry, partner organisations, World Health Organisation and the manufacturers of Covid-19 vaccines will be exploring if it is possible to vaccinate children under the age of 12. “I think the Cambodian government will have to make a big decision by giving more attention to the vaccination of our Cambodian children under the age of 12 in order to have greater immunity  throughout Cambodia,” she said.

Sambath said this when receiving another two million doses of Sinovac at the Phnom Penh International Airport yesterday. She added that another five million doses are due to arrive to ensure 12 million people are vaccinated with a third dose.

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