Cambodia turns to China for Covid-19 vaccines UCA News


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Cambodia blocks exiled dissidents from returning Critically, other vaccines required storage temperatures of at least minus 70C, refrigeration which Cambodia simply does not have, Hun Sen said. That was the determining factor behind Phnom Penh’s request for assistance from India and in opting for the China-made vaccines despite tests outside of the People’s Republic that found CoronaVac was only 50 percent effective. Hun Sen made the request to India through Devyani Uttam Khobragade, India’s ambassador to Cambodia, after her country approved two vaccines for emergency use and announced plans to inoculate 300 million people by August. Indian Prime Minister Narendra...