Cambodia’s First COVID-19 Vaccine Production Facility to be Operational in Late 2022

• 16 March 2022
• Local News
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Cambodia’s first COVID-19 vaccine production facility, a collaboration between the Cambodian and Chinese governments, is expected to be operational and produce vaccines locally by late this year or early next year.

Secretary of State of the Ministry of Health HE Youk Sambath, told the media on Tuesday 15 March that China and Cambodia are actively working closely together to push the locally produced COVID-19 vaccines into reality as soon as possible.

“The factory for COVID-19 vaccines made in Cambodia may be operational by the end of 2022 or maybe fully operational by early 2023,” she said.

However, she did not disclose the location of the facility or the timeframe of the construction yet.

Cambodia has been licensed by a Chinese company to produce Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines, with support from the Chinese government and the Cambodian government, said PM Samdech Hun Sen late last year. (Read more)

“We have been granted the right to produce vaccines in our country, which can enable us to produce for domestic use and also to export. We will never know when COVID-19 will end. So, we have to be well-prepared,” he added.

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