2021 Annual Liaison Council – Institut Pasteur du Cambodge
The IPC held its annual Liaison Council under the Presidency of His Excellency the Minister of Health, Prof MAM Bunheng, on May 27th 2021.
PRESS RELEASE
The 2021 Scientific Advisory Board (SAB)
Between January 28th and February 11th 2021, Institut Pasteur du Cambodge (IPC) held its fourth Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). Given the current global COVID-19 pandemic, the meeting was conducted virtually.
Institut Pasteur du Cambodge identifies a betacoronavirus closely related to SARS-CoV-2 in bat samples from 2010
Southeast Asia, including Cambodia, is a hotspot of emerging and endemic infectious diseases, and the Institut Pasteur du Cambodge has been integral in searching for and combating these pathogens since its inception.
One hundred thousand COVID-19 RT-PCR tests performed by the Institut Pasteur du Cambodge
The Institut Pasteur du Cambodge (IPC) remains fully committed to working together with the Ministry of Health to combat COVID-19 in Cambodia. As of 26 October 2020, IPC has performed more than 100,000 (one hundred thousand) COVID-19 molecular diagnostic tests by RT-PCR in the Virology Unit.
Toward an integrated surveillance of potential zoonotic Betacoronaviruses in the wild animal value chain of Cambodia (ZooCoV)
The COVID-19 pandemic once again draws attention on zoonotic diseases and their impact on public health. Over the last 20 years three of the major epidemics (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome – SARS, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome – MERS and the COVID-19) shows that potential transmission of pathogens from animal to humans are a serious threat to public health.