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Rambukwella thanked the organisation “for taking swift action to stem the spread of misinformation by certain parties�...
"There is no rationale behind vaccinating the 20 to 30-year group with Pfizer-BioNTech," the doctors said.
Sri Lanka has fully vaccinated 8.6 million people or 39.1 percent of the total population as of September 1.
Sri Lanka is to vaccine people aged between 20 and 30 years with the expected 12 million Chinese Sinopharm jabs
China’s assurance comes as the island nation is struggling to face mounting challenges on epidemic and economic fronts...
Up to 3,982,115 people who received the first dose have yet to receive their second jab.
Sinopharm had been used to vaccinate 31.2 percent of the population with two doses
The lockdown, which was imposed on August 20, is scheduled to be lifted next Monday (06).
Officials have been advised to be prepared for the rollout of a booster shot by the end of the year.
Health authorities have administrated the first dose of the Pfizer to 306,374 while the second has been given to 183,532
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The Russian COVID-19 vaccine is unique in that it the two doses carry different formulae.
There is a possibility that this mutation has caused the variant to become a super delta variant
Gunawardena requested government officials and others who had interacted with him to self-isolate.
Weekly COVID-19 cases in Sri Lanka have increased by 40 percent this week.
Sri Lanka did extend the ongoing quarantine curfew on Friday (27) but only until September 6.
Weekly COVID-19 cases in Sri Lanka have increased by 40 percent this week, a WHO report said.
Authorities also confirmed 4,602 new infections for Thursday (26), bringing total cases in Sri Lanka to 412,370.
The rise in cases made Sri Lanka one of three exceptions in South East Asia which has shown a 16 percent decrease.
Sinopharm is the most widely used COVID-19 vaccine in countries like Bahrain and Sri Lanka.
So far, 55 percent of the total population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine,
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