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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Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa says that permission will be granted for the burial of COVID-19 victims.
The Premier mentioned this in response to a question raised by Parliamentarian S.M. Marikkar during the parliamentary session today (February 10).
Quoting State Minister of Primary Health Care, Epidemics and COVID Disease Control Sudarshini Fernandopulle, the parliamentarian said COVID-19 does not transmit through water and requested the Prime Minister to grant permission to bury victims of novel coronavirus.
In April last year, the Sri Lankan government amended a law to make cremation compulsory for those who fall victim to the novel coronavirus with the intention of preventing any potential threat.