Cambodia vaccinating ages 3-4 to fight omicron outbreak
ABC News
Cambodia is vaccinating 3- and 4-year-olds with Chinese-made Sinovac shots after finding young children accounting for many new infections
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Cambodia began vaccinating 3- and 4-year-olds with Chinese-made Sinovac shots Wednesday after finding young children accounting for many new infections.
Prime Minister Hun Sen appealed to parents to have their children vaccinated as soon as possible and said five of his 21 grandchildren and one of his daughters have tested positive for the omicron variant of the coronavirus.
“To overcome COVID-19 depends not just on the government or the Health Ministry, but needs the participation of all the people,” Hun Sen said at a groundbreaking ceremony for a wastewater treatment facility on the outskirts of Phnom Penh.
He endorsed the vaccination plan for younger children last week after health officials found at least 25% of newly reported infections involved children under age 5.
