The Central Committee Extraordinary Conference of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) has called on the continued implementation of measures by the government and Ministry of Health to prevent a recurrence of Covid-19.
To avert an outbreak in the community, the leadership of the ruling party is encouraging people to receive booster shots, according to the results of the meeting.
The CPP’s Central Committee Extraordinary Conference was held on July 16-17 under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Hun Sen, the president of the party, and attended by senior officials and hundreds of members.
The conference also called for the continued implementation of policies in all priority areas with the strong will to achieve better results.
These included strengthening peace, political stability, security, order and public safety, as well as controlling the spread of Covid-19 and protecting the health of citizens.
“May all compatriots continue to strictly implement the measures that the Royal Government and the Ministry of Health have put in place, especially the ‘3 Dos and 3 Don’ts’, and get booster vaccines to prevent Covid-19,” the results of the meeting stated.
Regarding Covid-19 infections, Or Vandine, secretary of state at the Ministry of Health and head of National Covid-19 Vaccination Commission, called on the public to continue to implement health measures.
The health measures – particularly the “3 Dos and 3 Don’ts” – were merely sensible precautions with which to protect themselves, their family and the health of the community as a whole, she added.
“As people continue to travel, there remains the possibility of an outbreak of Covid-19,” Vandine said.
She also urged the public to get a booster dose as studies had shown that immunity declined faster with the latest variants of Covid, starting from just the third month after vaccination.
“This is why the Ministry of Health provides a booster with three-month interludes between one dose and another in order to maintain the strength of an individual’s immunity. This in turn builds the immunity of the community,” she said.
As of July 17, more than 15 million people in Cambodia had been vaccinated with a first dose, more than 14 million with a second and more than 9.5 million with a third, according to the Ministry of Health.
The ministry added that more than three million people had been received a fourth dose and nearly 400,000 a fifth.
