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Sri Lanka facing two key drug shortage which are needed for heart patients and anti-rabies vaccine
Pharma companies who paid in dollars were badly hit after the rupee depreciation
It will be mandatory for people over 60 years of age and will be optional for people between 20 to 60 years.
Data show dengue patients on the rise amid health authorities struggle to control dengue mosquito
Steps to enact necessary legal provisions so that medical degrees by foreign universities can be accepted in Sri Lanka.
For breast cancer, we are not doing screening at a population level in our country
Other nurses’ unions are also invited to join, he said.
Health ministry data as of Tuesday (27) shows a gradual increase in daily case numbers over the past few days.
The plant will manufacture basic injection solutions including normal saline, dextrose solution, Hartmann solution, etc.
Sixty-six cases of the Delta variant have been confirmed in the island so far.
Initial research has confirmed that Delta is present in the community, Dr Herath said.
With the new consignment, Sri Lanka has received a total of 205,920 doses of the US-manufactured vaccine.
Emirates Airlines made this announcement on its website on July 24 in line with UAE government directives.
“There is potential for a fourth wave. We won’t deny that,” he said.
Sri Lanka has so far acquired 9.1 million doses of Sinopharm in total.
Rapid tests detect antigens and gives a results fast
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A breakdown of the numbers so far, as recorded by the health ministry’s epidemiology unit:
So far 5,675,329 have received the first dose of one of the five vaccines being rolled out in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka has so far received a total of 126,000 doses of the US-manufactured COVID-19 vaccine.
The union members had been arrested for engaged in protests that police said were in violation of a ban on protests.
Though vaccination has taken place, the danger of the virus persists, the GMOA member said.
"We identified several clusters over the past few days," Deputy Director General of Public Health Dr Susi Perera said.
Vaccines on chartered aircraft
The railway department has also increased the number of train trips in the western province to 103
Sri Lanka’s vaccine rollout is continuing in 243 vaccination centres in 20 districts around the island.
To arrive in Sri Lanka in the next few weeks
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