Sri Lanka Approved AstraZeneca s Vaccine for Emergency Use by Angela Mohan on January 25, 2021 at 7:40 PM
Sri Lankan authorities granted approval for the emergency use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, says the Minister for Pharmaceutical Production and Regulation Channa Jayasumana .
Jayasumana said the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) had granted the approval for the emergency use of the British vaccine while several other vaccines were also in the pipeline at the National Medicines Regulatory Authority, reports Xinhua news agency.
This the first time Sri Lanka has approved a vaccine for emergency use.
State Minister of Primary Health Care, Epidemics and COVID-19 Disease Control Sudarshani Fernandopulle said the vaccine will be imported to Sri Lanka by mid-February.
Posted on January 23rd, 2021
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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa says the first batch of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines manufactured in India is expected to arrive in Sri Lanka on the 27th of January.
Accordingly, Sri Lanka will be receiving the 500,000 vials of doses with the first vaccine consignment.
The President’s remarks came during the ‘Gama Samaga Pilisandara’ programme held in Walallawita, Kalutara today (January 23).
He noted that Covid-19 jabs will be first administered to medical officers, Public Health Inspectors (PHIs) and other health sector workers who are on the front line of coronavirus outbreak in the country.
Officers of tri-forces who work closely with medical staff and people who are more vulnerable to virus infection will be given the jabs subsequently, the President added.
THIS country will receive India s gift of COVID-19 vaccines on January 27
Sri Lanka becomes the 8th nation to receive India s gift of COVID vaccines since it began its country-wide mega immunization program on January 16.
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Updated: Jan 24, 2021, 09:10 AM IST
India has announced that it will be sending a gift of COVID-19 vaccines to Sri Lanka next week and Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa confirmed that the vaccine will reach the country on January 27.
The country will be getting 500,000 doses of made-in-India Covishield vaccine. Sri Lanka becomes the eighth nation to receive India s gift of COVID-19 vaccines since it began its country-wide mega immunization program on January 16.Starting Wednesday, India has gifted vaccines to seven countries in the region as part of its neighbourhood first policy, to Bhutan 150,000 doses, to Maldives 100,000 doses, to Nepal around 1 million doses, to Bangladesh around 2 million doses, Myanmar received 1.5 million doses, Seych
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Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has announced the vaccine will reach the country on January 27.
India will send a gift to Sri Lanka next week in the form of Covid vaccines.
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has announced the vaccine will reach the country on January 27.
The country will get 500,000 doses of made-in-India Covishield vaccine. With this, Sri Lanka has become the eighth country to receive such gift from India.
India began its country wide mega immunisation programme on January 16.
New Delhi has till date gifted vaccines to seven countries in the region as part of its neighbourhood first policy Bhutan (150,000) , Maldives (100,000) , Nepal (One million) , Bangladesh (2 million) , Myanmar (1.5 M), Seychelles (50,000) , and Mauritius (100,000).