Hun Sen wants to arm border forces with Covid-19 vaccine boosters


People prepare to get Covid-19 jabs in Banteay Meanchey province in September. - OUM REATREY VIA FACEBOOK

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network): Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered the Ministry of Health and local authorities in all of the border provinces to see if there are still people who have not yet been given a third dose and to urgently administer the booster shot to those who have not received one.

Speaking during the inauguration of National Road 11 connecting Prey Veng to Tbong Khmum provinces on Dec 6, Hun Sen said those regularly spending time at the border checkpoint areas including ordinary people, the armed forces and other officials are supposed to get a booster dose.

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