Health ministry spokeswoman Or Vandine has released a book on Cambodia's fight and challenges against the Covid-19 pandemic. - Phnom Penh Post/ANN
PHNOM PENH, June 18 (Phnom Penh Post/ANN): The Cambodian Ministry of Health on Saturday reported zero new Covid-19 cases and no new deaths. It has been the case for more than a week now.
As of June 18, Cambodia had recorded a total of 136,262 Covid-19 cases with 133,206 recoveries and 3,056 fatalities.
Thanks to the skilful leadership of the head of the government, as well as efforts to vaccinate citizens across the country with the “Blossom Strategy”, Cambodia was able to reopen the country and return to normal life on November 1, 2021, said Ministry of Health secretary of state and spokeswoman Or Vandine, who also serves as head of the national Covid-19 vaccination committee.
The Covid-19 vaccination campaign reached more than 100 per cent of the target population of 10 million people and more than 88 per cent of the total population of 16 million people in Cambodia, with the government currently carrying out the third, fourth and fifth dose campaigns.
With the success of the vaccination programme, Vandine has published a book titled “More than 25,000 Kilometres travelled: Mission Impossible Became Mission Successfully Accomplished in the name of Samdech Prime Minister”.
The book is the strategy for the Covid-19 vaccination process in Cambodia.
It was initiated by Hun Sen, the prime minister of Cambodia, after he established the Commission for the Covid-19 Vaccination in the National Framework in mid-March 2021, led by myself.
In order to encourage people to come forward and receive vaccinations, we rewarded the millionth person to be vaccinated. The prime minister donated 10 million riel, along with food kits, as prizes.
This was part of the millionth Covid-19 vaccination reward, and the Awards of Love, which were gifted to those participants who were over 100 years old.
The Khmer version of the book is 180 pages in length, while the English edition runs some 160 pages. - Phnom Penh Post/ANN
