On 27 January, Cambodia detected and confirmed its first case of COVID-19. Within 100 days, more than 2.5 million cases of COVID-19 were recorded globally with more than 200,000 deaths.
During the same period, Cambodia detected and managed 122 cases, a comparatively small number next to the rest of the world.
With zero COVID-19 related deaths and an absence of widespread community-level transmission to date, Cambodia has demonstrated an effective rapid response to the initial cases.
A whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach, along with vigilant surveillance, laboratory, rapid response teams, and good collaboration between the Ministry of Heath and technical partners have all contributed to this successful response within the first.