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The repatriated workers had been held in detention centers in Riyadh and Jeddah.
"No one in the medical profession is allowed to open their mouth about COVID-19," said Premadasa.
China has informed President Gotabaya Rajapaksa of the decision
Some philanthropists had offered to pay for and give vaccines free, he claimed
Scientists around the world have started to question the protection offered by the China manufactured vaccines: Nature
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