Over 50,000 Cambodian migrant workers get Covid-19 jabs as cases continue to rise in the country

Cambodian migrant workers return from Thailand through O'Bei Choan checkpoint in Banteay Meanchey province last month. - Phnom Penh Post/ANN

PHNOM PENH, Sept 17 (Phnom Penh Post/ANN): As of Friday, more than 50,000 Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand have been vaccinated against Covid-19, according to Prime Minister Hun Sen.

Speaking during the launch of Covid-19 vaccinations for children aged 6-11 at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh on the morning of September 17, Hun Sen said the majority of returning migrant workers tested positive, most of them for the coronavirus Delta variant.