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Cambodia strives to complete vaccination for prisoners by August’s end

The vaccination of prisoners against COVID-19 in Cambodia is likely to be completed by the end of the month as only 5,000 inmates still need to get vaccinated, according to the country's General Department of Prisons (GDP) spokesman Nouth Savna.
Cambodia strives to complete vaccination for prisoners by August’s end ảnh 1Vaccination at a prison in Cambodia (Photo: Internet)
Phnom Penh (VNA) - The vaccination of prisoners against COVID-19 in Cambodia islikely to be completed by the end of the month as only 5,000 inmates still needto get vaccinated, according to the country's General Department of Prisons (GDP) spokesmanNouth Savna.

Savna was quoted by the Phnom Penh Post on August 17 as saying that medical workers are administering the Johnson &Johnson and AstraZeneca vaccines to the remaining inmates in seven provincialprisons.

The GDP has vaccinated over 73 percent of the more than 37,000prisoners nationwide.

There have been reports about COVID-19 spreading in someprisons in Cambodia since early 2021.

According to the CambodianMinistry of Health, the number of new cases in the countrytends to decrease, but the number of deaths is still high. Currently, thenorthwestern provinces of Cambodia near the border with Thailand are underheavy pressure because many Cambodian workers are returning home./.
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