Large-Scale COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign for Red Zones to Start May 1st

Large-Scale COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign for Red Zones to Start May 1st

The Government has announced that the “Large-scale” COVID-19 vaccination campaign for Phnom Penh’s “Red Zones” will start May 1st and be administered by the Defence Ministry.

This campaign is in response to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s instructions to institute a large-scale COVID-19 vaccination campaign.

In order for the upcoming large-scale COVID-19 vaccination campaign to be successful as planned, His Excellency General Ith Sarath, Deputy Commander-in-Chief and Joint Chief of Staff of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces, has requested cooperation from 3 relevant ministries and institutions:

He has asked for:

1- Each district authority to quote the specific number of people living in the local area.

2-Each district authority to ask it’s citizens to come and get vaccinated at designated locations

3. In cooperation with the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training, to call on workers in the four districts to get vaccinated at designated locations.