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2021-04-16 11:05:53 GMT2021-04-16 19:05:53(Beijing Time) Xinhua English COLOMBO, April 16 (Xinhua) Sri Lanka is facing a severe shortage of AstraZeneca vaccines due to a ban on vaccine exports imposed by the Indian government amid a rise in COVID-19 infections, local media reported Friday. Quoting officials from Sri Lanka s State Pharmaceutical Corporation (SPC), it said Sri Lanka s Health Ministry was awaiting an update from the Serum Institute in India which manufactures the AstraZeneca vaccines and had already supplied 1 million doses to the island country since January. However, Serum Institute is now unable to ship the further 1 million doses. According to the SPC, the Serum Institute was expected to send a further 500,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccines in April and another 500,000 doses in May but they were now unsure when the shipments would arrive, leading to a severe shortage to give the second dosages to those who have already received the first jabs.

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