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C
ambodia started offering coronavirus vaccine booster shots on Thursday in a renewed public health drive after managing to inoculate more than half of its population.
One of Asia's poorest countries, Cambodia is offering the AstraZeneca vaccine as a third shot to those who have received the inactivated virus vaccines developed by Sinopharm and Sinovac, with the aim of bolstering immunity against the COVID-19 Delta variant.
"This is for all of us to fight together and if all of us get the vaccination then we can stop the spread," said nurse Touch Phavana, 56, who was receiving a booster.
"It can prevent severe illnesses for the patients who get infected, so it is easier for us to treat them or save their lives."
Cambodia has recorded nearly 84,000 cases and more than 1,600 deaths from the coronavirus.
It has administered at least one vaccine dose to half of its population, among the highest rates in Asia, with vaccine diplomacy playing a key part in its success.
Priorities for the boosters are medical staff, government employees and frontline workers.
