Cambodian PM okays two more Covid-19 vaccines - Sinovac and AstraZeneca - for emergency use


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PHNOM PENH, Feb 15 (Phnom Penh Post/ANN): Prime Minister Hun Sen has approved the emergency use of two more Covid-19 vaccines – China’s Sinovac and England’s AstraZeneca – though no timetable has been established for their procurement.

In a press release announcing the prime minister’s decision, Minister of Health Mam Bun Heng, who is also chairman of the Inter-ministerial Committee to Combat Covid-19, described the vaccines as having been used safely in China, England and other countries.

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