Cambodia returns 15 million Covid jabs to China

The shipment of Covid-19 vaccines from China landing at Phnom Penh International Airport last year. - PPP

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network): Prime Minister Hun Sen said Cambodia will return 15 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to China for donation to other countries. The vaccines in question were ordered but had not yet arrived in Cambodia.

While presiding over the Ministry of Health’s annual meeting held on March 7 to review its work results in 2022 and direction for 2023, Hun Sen said the return was at the request of health minister Mam Bun Heng.