Xinhua world news summary at 0530 GMT, March 20 southeastasiapost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from southeastasiapost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce had the privilege of having Professor Asita de Silva, Chairman of the National Medicines Regulatory Authority as the guest speaker at its monthly Committee Meeting recently.
According to Professor de Silva, the primary objective of
vaccination is to prevent death and to reduce severe disease. Healthcare
workers, elderly and those with other co-morbidities are the most vulnerable to
contact the illness, which is why these groups receive the highest priority for
vaccination.
According to WHO, over the last five weeks, the world has
seen a drop in the global numbers in infections and the number of people dying from
There was good news on the vaccine front on Thursday as the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) of Sri Lanka approved the Emergency Use of the Russian ‘Sputnik V’ COVID-19 vaccine. It will now join the country’s other vaccine already in use – the Oxford/AstraZeneca, which has been given to nearly 600,000 persons in just over one month.Sputnik V is a COVID-19 vaccine developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and.
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COLOMBO (News1st): The National Medicines Regulatory Authority approved Russia's Sputnik Five COVID-19 vaccine for local use today. This was following a - Get the latest breaking news and top stories from Sri Lanka, the latest political news, sports news, weather updates, exam results, business news, entertainment news, world news and much more from News 1st, Sri Lanka's leading news network.