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"Essential services will continue to operate, as will mobile services that deliver essential food items," he said.
“As a servant of the people, I do not wish to be vaccinated until everyone in the country is vaccinated."
People in Colombo can get their second dose of vaccine in army managed vaccine stations.
This 101 deaths confirmed June 11 occurred over a number of as yet unspecified days
Countries have generally not succeeded in blocking new variants from coming in
The ban will go into effect from 0000hours on November 28.
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