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Cambodia records surge in COVID-19 cases again

The Cambodian Ministry of Health on June 2 reported 750 more COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, including 34 imported and 716 local transmissions.
Cambodia records surge in COVID-19 cases again ảnh 1Vaccinations in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo: AFP/VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Cambodian Ministry of Health on June 2 reported 750more COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, including 34 imported and 716 localtransmissions.

The figure has raisedthe total number of infections in the country to 31,460. Of whom, 24,042 were givenall-clear from the virus and 230 died.

The ministry alsoreported that over 2.6 million Cambodians were vaccinated as of May 31, or26.25 percent of the total population.

Cambodia records surge in COVID-19 cases again ảnh 2A patient is sent to East Java, Indonesia (Photo: Xinhua/VNA)

Also on June 2, theIndonesian Ministry of Health began COVID-19 vaccine roll-out for hundreds ofthousands of the disabled and those with mental disorder, as part of the thirdstage of the national vaccination programme targeting 63.9 million vulnerablepersons in socio-economic and geographical aspects.

Finance Minister Sri MulyaniIndrawati said if the community immunisation goal is unachievable, COVID-19 willremain a big challenge to economic recovery by 2022./.

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