The Cambodian authorities have accredited administering a 5th dose of Covid-19 vaccines to priority groups from 9th June nine onwards. Government leaders, the Senate, the Parliament, frontline health professionals, government officials, civil servants, the military forces, the elderly, embassies, national and international organizations, journalists, and celebrities are among the groups to be vaccinated. 

The Prime Minister of Cambodia on Friday announced a gap of three months to be observed among the fourth and 5th doses. He further stressed the critical role of vaccines in preventing mortality and severity of the Covid-19 infection and also preventing other infectious diseases such as flu.

Meanwhile no new cases of Covid-19 were reported for the last 14 days and only eight existing active cases in the kingdom. Cambodia has extensively used Chinas Sinovac and Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines and to this point vaccinated round 93.8 % of its population with at least a single-dose, 89% with two doses (fully vaccinated), 56.2% with the third dose and 14.4 % with the fourth dose. Owing to the robust vaccination coverage, Cambodia has restarted all its socio-economic activities and opened the borders fully to completely vaccinated travelers without quarantine since November 2021. (ETWorldHealth, May 21, 2022)