Press release
COVAX keeps up the steady flow of COVID-19 vaccines
Phnom Penh, 28 November 2021, – Today marks another milestone in Cambodia’s ongoing COVID-19 vaccination, as 188,160 doses of Moderna Messenger RNA (mRNA) COVID-19 vaccines arrived in the Kingdom. This is the first delivery of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines in Cambodia through the COVAX Facility, enabling the country to f...
News note
COVAX comes through for Cambodia with more COVID-19 vaccines
Phnom Penh, 15 November 2021, – Touching down in Cambodia today were 324,000 more doses of COVID-19 vaccines, delivered through the COVAX Facility. The COVAX Facility is a partnership, co-led by Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi-The Vaccine Alliance and the World Health Organization (WHO...
News note
Media Notice: COVAX-donated ultra-cold storage expands Cambodia’s capacity to safely deliver vaccines
Phnom Penh, 1 November, Today, nearly $60,000 worth of ultra-cold chain (UCC) equipment was received by Cambodia’s Ministry of Health (MoH). This equipment was funded by the COVAX facility and its Accelerated Supplies Financing Facility, with UNICEF providing technical support to Governments and coordinating the p...
Press release
More Covid-19 vaccines arrive in Cambodia through COVAX
Phnom Penh, 22 Oct 2021, – Today, 124,800 doses of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines arrived at Phnom Penh Airport, delivered through the COVAX Facility. The COVAX Facility is a partnership, co-led by Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi-The Vaccine Alliance and the World Health Organization (WHO),...
Press release
United States donates more than 1 million Johnson & Johnson single dose vaccines to Cambodia’s fight against COVID
PHNOM PENH, 30 July 2021, – Today, 450,500 doses of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine have arrived into Cambodia, donated by the United States through the COVAX Facility dose-sharing mechanism. This delivery will be followed by a further 609,600 doses that are expected to arrive on August 2 nd ...
Press release
First of 1 million new doses of COVID-19 vaccine manufactured in Japan arrive in Cambodia through COVAX
PHNOM PENH, 23 July 2021, – As part of the 1 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines manufactured in Japan and donated by the Government of Japan through COVAX, 330,000 doses have arrived today in Cambodia. This generous donation will help Cambodia continue its remarkable achievement in becoming one of the...
Statement
Joint COVAX statement on the equal recognition of vaccines
GENEVA/NEW YORK/OSLO, 1 July 2021 –, "COVAX was built on the principle of equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines to protect the health of people all across the globe. That means protecting their lives and livelihoods, including their ability to travel and conduct trade. As travel and other possibilities begin to o...
Statement
The COVAX Facility will deliver its 65 millionth vaccine dose this week. It should’ve been at least its 170 millionth. The time to donate excess doses is now.
NEW YORK, 17 MAY 2021 –, “The COVAX Facility – the global COVID vaccine equity scheme – will deliver its 65 millionth dose in the coming days. It should have been at least its 170 millionth. By the time G7 leaders gather in the UK next month, and as a deadly second wave of COVID-19 will likely continue to sweep ac...
Article
Stories from the COVAX vaccination frontlines
Photo above: Kang Langny, 68-year-old Phnom Penh resident receives vaccine. , Phnom Penh, March 2021 -, "It's like being born a second time," says Kang Langny, a 68-year-old grandmother living in Phnom Penh, just ten minutes after receiving the first dose of her COVID-19 vaccination. Her husband, 72-year-old Chun ...
Article
Cambodia the world’s first countries to receive COVAX vaccines
The normally hectic Phnom Penh International Airport spent most of the last year nearly empty, an eerie visible symbol of the devastating impact COVID-19 has had on Cambodia’s tourism industry and its wider economy. On the evening of 2nd March that changed, as a mask-wearing audience of Government dignitaries, int...
Press release
Cambodia among first countries to receive COVID-19 vaccines from COVAX Facility
On 2 March, 324,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine licensed to Serum Institute of India (SII) arrived at Phnom Penh International Airport, their first stop before being given to priority groups, including those at high risk of exposure to the coronavirus and those who are most vulnerable to developing severe ill...
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UNICEF outlining plans to transport up to 850 tonnes of COVID-19 vaccines per month on behalf of COVAX, in ‘mammoth and historic’ logistics operation
NEW YORK, 22 December 2020, – UNICEF could transport up to 850 tonnes of COVID-19 vaccines a month in 2021, according to a new global assessment. This quantity is dependent upon availability but would amount to more than double the average weight of vaccines UNICEF transports every month. Cambodia is one of the co...