Cambodia’s Vaccine Drive Off to Quick Start with A Dose of Coercion
14 May 2021
VOA Khmer
A man receives a dose of the Sinovac vaccine from China against the Covid-19 coronavirus at the Australian Centre for Education in Phnom Penh on May 1, 2021, as part of the government s campaign to halt the rising number of cases of the virus. (Photo by TANG CHHIN Sothy / AFP)
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PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA
Cambodia has administered at least one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine to over 2 million residents in an aggressive vaccination drive that kicked off in early February. The effort resulted in a high vaccination rate but has been marred with confusion and, more recently, coercion.
Reuters
Cases of COVID-19 infection continued to climb in Vietnam this week, with authorities locking down residential areas and industrial zones for disinfection, state media said on Thursday.
Officials in Cambodia transferred inmates from a provincial prison to slow the spread of the disease behind bars amid rising numbers of deaths in the country, while in Laos residents voiced concern over the safety of vaccines despite a rise in cases there.
In Vietnam’s capital Hanoi, two apartment buildings, Ho Guom Plaza and Booyoung Vina both located in the capital’s Ha Dong district were closed and disinfected after two residents were found to be infected, media sources said.
A vaccination campaign for residents and workers in Meanchey, Por Sen Chey, Dangkor and Kambol districts kicked off on May 1, with priority given to those in red zones. - Phnom Penh Post/ANN PHNOM PENH, May 2 (Reuters): Cambodia s army began a drive to vaccinate nearly half a million people in the parts of Phnom Penh worst-hit by Covid-19, as the South-East Asian nation looks to step up the pace of inoculations.
The country, which had been one of the least affected by the pandemic, is fighting a surge in coronavirus cases that has seen the total number of infections jump from about 500 to 13,790 since late February, including all 96 of the deaths it has recorded.
PHNOM PENH: Cambodia’s army began a drive on Saturday to vaccinate nearly half a million people in the parts of Phnom Penh worst-hit by Covid-19, as the country looks to step up the pace of inoculations.