Cambodia's Covid-19 vaccine drive for kids aged 3-4 starts Feb 23; another 388 Omicron cases reported on Friday (Feb 18)

A five-year-old boy is administered Sinovac vaccine in Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changvar district, Cambodia on Friday (Feb 18, 2022). - Phnom Penh Post/ANN

PHNOM PENH, Feb 18 (Phnom Penh Post/ANN): The national Covid-19 vaccination committee has announced that medically eligible children aged 3-4 can receive a primary two-dose coronavirus vaccine series starting on Feb 23 – exclusively with the inactivated virus jabs developed by Chinese firms Sinovac and Sinopharm.

The decision comes at the recommendation of Prime Minister Hun Sen in an audio address to the nation on Feb 17, committee head Or Vandine said in a notice later that day.