Transport of vaccines provided by Japan began through an international framework aimed at fair distribution of the new coronavirus vaccine, and the first flight arrived in Cambodia and Iran on the 23rd.
Under the "COVAX Facility", a framework led by the WHO = World Health Organization, the Japanese government has indicated that it will provide domestically manufactured AstraZeneca vaccines for approximately 11 million doses in 15 countries. Transportation has begun.
Of these, about 300,000 flights, the first flight, arrived in Cambodia on the night of the 23rd at the airport in the capital Phnom Penh.
In Cambodia, the number of infected people has increased sharply since April, and the number of daily deaths has reached a record high since the beginning of this month.
Prime Minister Hun Sen was also present at the arrival of the vaccine, "I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude for the support of the Government of Japan. The provision of the vaccine shows Japan's compassion to help countries with limited resources and capacity to fight the virus. It's a thing. "
In addition, the first flight of about 1.1 million times arrived in Iran on the 23rd.
In Iran, the infection has spread again since June, with more than 20,000 cases reported per day, but only about 9% of the population has been vaccinated at least once.
Ambassador Kazutoshi Aikawa, who is stationed in Iran, commented, "We hope that this grant of vaccine will help prevent the spread of infection."