Ministers of Health and Finance sign a deal to obtain 20 percent of COVID-19 vaccine via COVAX

Prime Minister Hun Sen said that the Ministers of Health and Finance have already signed a deal to obtain 20 percent of a vaccine through COVAX.

In his address to the nation about a possible purchase of COVID-19 vaccine via TVK national television today, Mr Hun Sen said questions have been raised about the sourcing of a vaccine for Cambodian people.

“We have already done some of this work. It has not yet arrived,” he said, noting that vaccine must be obtained through COVAX.