Cambodia Calls for Reduction of Mortality Rate of COVID-19


Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, has encouraged his line officials and competent authorities as well as medical practitioners to find ways to reduce the mortality rate of COVID-19.

Addressing to the closing ceremony of the national COVID-19 vaccination campaign for the age group from 6 years old and above (1st dose) and the launching ceremony of the vaccination campaign for children aged 5, held at the Peace Palace here this morning, Samdech Techo Hun Sen said until Oct. 31, 2021, Cambodia had in total 118,522 cases of COVID-19, or 0.74 percent of the total population, of them 2,788 people or 0,017 percent have died.

Samdech Techo Prime Minister said if compared between the percentage of the positive and mortality cases with that of some other regional and global nations, the mortality rate in Cambodia is a bit higher.

According to Samdech Techo Hun Sen, the mortality rate in Cambodia is higher than that in the U.S., UK, Nepal, India, Malaysia and Thailand … that is why the Kingdom has to improve the medical capacity to respond to the pandemic.

The Premier said the percentage of infections is not a big problem, but the concern is the mortality rate, which is at 2.35 percent among the infections.