Illustrative image (Photo: Internet) Phnom Penh (VNA) –The Cambodian Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has called forpreparations for vaccination of garment workers, as the government prioritisedthem in the list of people to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
In a letter sent to the Garment Manufacturers Association inCambodia (GMAC), Minister Ith Samheng asked GMAC to work with garment factoriesto make a list of medical staff (one doctor from each factory) to get training forCOVID-19 vaccination.
"To protect the health of garment workers and employees as wellas for the benefit of factories from the COVID-19 infection, the governmentwill conduct a COVID-19 vaccination campaign for free of charge to garment workersand employees in the near future," read the letter.
Additionally, the ministry asked the factory owners to inform togarment workers and employees over the campaign and the vaccination is madebased on a voluntary basis.
Cambodia has been conducting a nationwide COVID-19 vaccinationcampaign after receiving 600,000 doses of China-made Sinopharm and 324,000doses of India-made AstraZeneca via COVAX mechanism.
More vaccines are going to arrive later this month and beforethe Khmer New Year in April.
According to the ministry’s letter, the COVID-19 vaccinationwill be made at the factories as the ministry asked the owners to prepare avenue for the vaccination work.
It also asked factories to allow a paid day-off for workers andemployees after getting their doses.
Currently, GMAC has about 600 factories as members.
By the morning of March 24,Cambodia had recorded 1,817 COVID-19 cases, of them 1,033 have recovered fromthe disease./.
