This will be the fifth rollout to run simultaneously in Cambodia. The first started with adults aged 18 and above on February 10, the second involving adolescents aged 12 to17 which started on August 1, the vaccination of children aged six to 12 which started on September 17, while the booster dose for front-liners started in early August.

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Cambodia to start of the vaccination campaigns for 5-year-old children from November 1 (Photo for illustration: UNICEF)

The number of children in the age group this time has not been revealed but this exemplifies Cambodia’s determination to vaccinate 91 percent of its estimated 16 million population (2019 census) by the end of the year with at least one dose of the vaccine and become one of the most vaccinated nation in the world.

Cambodia on October 31 reported 95 new COVID-19 cases and 7 new deaths. It is the first time since April the country’s daily caseload has run below 100.

It has so far documented a total of 118,522 COVID-19 cases with 2,788 fatalities.

Source: VNA