Wednesday, April 28, 2021, 11:52 GMT+7
Cambodian residents receive COVID-19 jabs at Cho Ray Phnom Penh Hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Photo: N.H. / Tuoi Tre
As the COVID-19 outbreak in Cambodia worsens by the day, Vietnamese doctors and staffers at Cho Ray Phnom Penh Hospital are spreading themselves thin to provide medical care and vaccines against the pathogen for the local community.
The number of coronavirus cases in Cambodia has so far surged past 11,000, with daily spikes recorded in the hundreds, while its fatalities have risen to 82, according to statistics.
“The situation is still intense, as daily caseloads are not going down, while the [Cambodian] government has done everything they could,” said Ton Thanh Tra, director of Cho Ray Phnom Penh Hospital, the Phnom Penh branch of Ho Chi Minh City’s largest general hospital Cho Ray, in a recent phone discussion with