Cambodian PM vows to vaccinate 10 million targeted population against Covid-19 by early 2022

A woman checks her temperature at a screening point before entering at the Central Market in Phnom Penh on May 24, 2021, as Cambodia's government reopened markets that were closed due to lockdown restrictions introduced to try to halt a surge in cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus. - AFP

PHNOM PENH, May 29 (Xinhua): Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen vowed on Saturday to provide COVID-19 vaccines to 10 million out of the country's 16 million population by early next year.

The South-East Asian nation launched a Covid-19 vaccination drive on Feb. 10, with China being the main vaccine supplier.