Cambodia to vaccinate five-year-old children with China's Sinovac vaccine


Most of the Covid-19 vaccines used in Cambodia's vaccination campaign are China's Sinovac and Sinopharm. - Reuters

PHNOM PENH, Oct 31 (Xinhua): Cambodia will begin to inoculate five-year-old children across the country with China's Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine starting from Monday (Nov 1), the Ministry of Health (MoH) said in a statement released late on Saturday.

"Five-year-old children in all 25 cities and provinces will receive two doses of Sinovac vaccine from Nov. 1, 2021 onwards and an interval between the first and second doses is 28 days," MoH's Secretary of State Or Vandine said in the statement.

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Cambodia , Covid-19 , Vaccination , Children , Age 5

   

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