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"Currently, we have almost all of our essential drugs and 136 consignments of drugs are currently pending approval."
"This was decided after extensive discussions with the relevant authorities."
"She put her foot down and she even said she will resign if this is not adhered to."
"A cow that gives 30 to 40 litres of daily, the milk can fall by 50 percent due this disease."
Sri Lanka has seen sharp rise in number of AIDS-infected people in the last year
Cabinet, health officials, companies involved in supply of Human-IG, Customs, Police, CIABOC, among 66 respondent
He said out of the samples tested in the USJ laboratory, 288 were confirmed to be AY 104 variant.
"There has to be some sacrifices from the side of the people too at a time like this,” he added.
"Most of these are due to public gatherings such as ceremonies, funerals and other events," Gunawardena said.
"Adults must act responsibly as the virus is more likely to transfer from them to children."
The health ministry is awaiting official approval from the National Medicine Regulatory Authority (NMRA).
"Vaccination doesn't protect everyone," Samannayaka said.
“The argument here is that ‘I have a right to my life, but I have no right to endanger the life of another’".
Vaccines gives protection against death
Home based cases rise from 3000 to 4000
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Numbers are also increasing in the North Western and Southern provinces, he said.
"A majority of Kandy residents got Modern, but there is a percentage that still hasn’t got their second dose,” he sa...
The A.30 lineage is presently not spreading on a global scale and is almost extinct, he said.
"The plan is to control the spread no matter what the variant. I think we have been successful in that."
The last week of October saw 5,002 cases reported in Sri Lanka, indicating a 12.2 percent increase, the SLMA said.
Health workers, military, airport, port workers and tourist sector
Some countries do not require vaccines and other countries requesting mandatory vaccination do not reject Sinopharm.
48-percent with Sinopharm
Third does for elderly as 7-pct of do not develop anti-bodies after Sinopharm
Travellers must also be able to provide a vaccination certificate from a national or state-level public health body
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