Cambodia approves emergency use of China's Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine; jabs arrived on Sunday (Feb 7)

Health minister Mam Bun Heng (second from left) inspects lorries with attached refrigerated containers at Preah Ket Mealea Hospital in Phnom Penh on Wednesday (Feb 4). - The Phnom Penh Post/ANN

PHNOM PENH, Feb 7 (Xinhua): Cambodia has officially approved the emergency use of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine in the South-East Asian country, according to a Ministry of Health statement.

"The Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Cambodia authorized the emergency use of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine that has been developed by the Beijing Institute of Biological Products Co., Ltd of the People's Republic of China," Health Minister Mam Bunheng said in the statement.