-Association of Medical Specialists
His exellency Gotabhaya Rajapaksha,
As medical specialists serving in the frontline of the fight against Covid-19, we strongly believe that Sri Lanka is at a critical stage. Number of new cases keep rising continuously. During last week, the daily number of declared new infections have consistently been over 1800, and went above 2500 during the last 24 hours. The number of Covid related deaths too have been increasing steadily with daily counts of approximately 20, even after a questionable exclusion of those with co-morbid itie s. We should appreciate at least three times the reported number of new cases do exist in the community.
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COLOMBO (News 1st): The administration of China’s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine to Sri Lankans will commence at the Panadura MOH Office on Saturday afternoon (May 08), the State Ministry of Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals said.
“We hope to begin the administration of the Sinopharm vaccine manufactured in China, to Sri Lankans starting from 2:30 pm this afternoon (08) at the office of the Panadura Medical Officer of Health (MOH) in the Kalutara district,” Prof. Channa Jayasumana, the State Minister of Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals told News 1st.
Sri Lanka has received 600,000 doses of the Sinopharm jab; one individual should be inoculated with two doses of the jab within a gap of 03 weeks, Prof. Channa Jayasumana noted.
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COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka received its first batch of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine as 15,000 doses were flown in during the early hours of Tuesday (04) as it struggles to obtain COVID-19 vaccines because of the delay in getting them from neighboring India.
The consignment was accepted by State Minister of Production, Supply, and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals, Professor Channa Jayasumana.
The consignment was taken to the State Pharmaceutical Corporation’s drug storage complex and several more batches are expected for delivery soon, said the Russian Embassy in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka has ordered 13 million doses of the Sputnik V vaccine from Russia’s Gamaleya Institute.
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Sri Lanka begins administering 2nd dose of COVID-19 vaccines
Xinhua
28 Apr 2021, 23:49 GMT+10
COLOMBO, April 28 (Xinhua) The Sri Lankan health authorities on Wednesday began administering the second dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine on health and frontline workers, 90 days after they received the first dose, the government said. State Minister of Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals, Channa Jayasumana told reporters that administering the second dose to healthcare workers commenced from the Divisional Hospital in Maligawatte, in capital Colombo. Sri Lanka began vaccinating its citizens in the Western Province on Jan. 29 but suspended it earlier this month due to a lack of vaccines.