Cambodia has fully vaccinated a higher percentage of its 16 million-plus population than any other Asian nation. Some 82 percent of Cambodians had received at least two doses as of November 3, according to ourworldindata.org. That is one percentage point above Singapore, Brunei and South Korea and two percentage points higher than Japan and Malaysia. Taiwan had vaccinated 73 percent, Hong Kong 61 percent. While neighbours Thailand and Vietnam had immunised 61 percent and 60 percent respectively. Indonesia and Laos lagged their Asian counterparts at 44 percent each.

 

In global terms the Kingdom was number five, behind only the UAE, Portugal, Cuba and Chile. The Reuters Coronavirus Tracker puts Cambodia’s vaccination rate even higher at 84.4 percent of the population, or more than 27.8 million doses.

 

The Kingdom started administering booster doses to the general population last month. It has also run a successful youth vaccination campaign with nearly 45 percent of five year-olds receiving their first dose. Plans are underway to vaccinate children aged three and four in the near future to fulfil the government’s plan of fully-vaccinating 91 percent of Cambodians.

 

https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50965868/kingdom-top-in-asia-fifth-globally-for-vaccinations/

 

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