Cambodia receives 600,000 Covid vaccines from China

Staff at Phnom Penh International Airport transport a shipment from China of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines. - PPP

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/ANN): The first shipment of 600,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine donated by China arrived in Cambodia on Feb 7 and was received at Phnom Penh International Airport by Prime Minister Hun Sen together with Chinese ambassador Wang Wentian.

The vaccines were carried by a specially equipped aircraft which arrived from China at 4pm. Speaking at a ceremony to hand over the vaccines, Hun Sen thanked the Chinese government and people for making the donation.