Cambodia: "Our efforts are good" - Kingdom among world’s few with no Covid-19 deaths


Cambodia's health ministry spokeswoman Or Vandine. - The Phnom Penh Post/ANN

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/ANN): The newspaper The Australian has reported that Cambodia is one of just a few mainland countries to have recorded zero deaths from Covid-19 despite having an underfunded healthcare system.

In response to the report, health ministry spokeswoman Or Vandine told The Post that the report did justice to Cambodia’s efforts to curb the Covid-19 pandemic and she felt it was honest and fair in its reporting.

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