Covid vaccination drive kicks off in Sri Lanka with Made in India vaccines
A Sri Lankan nurse administers Covid-19 vaccines to a frontline health worker in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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The coronavirus vaccination drive kicked off in Sri Lanka today, a day after India gifted 500,000 doses of the Covishield vaccine to the island nation.
The drive began at the Army Hospital in Narahenpita as frontline workers fighting the novel coronavirus were vaccinated with the Made in India Covishield vaccines.
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COVID-19 vaccination drive kicks off in Sri Lanka with Made in India vaccines ANI | Updated: Jan 29, 2021 13:35 IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], January 29 (ANI): The COVID-19 vaccination drive kicked off in Sri Lanka on Friday, a day after India s gift of 5 lakh doses of Covishield vaccine reached the island nation.
The drive began at the Army Hospital in Narahenpita as frontline workers fighting COVID-19 were vaccinated with the Made in India Covishield vaccine.
The vaccination drive was formally launched at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases with the participation of State Minister of Primary Health Services, Pandemics and COVID Prevention, Dr Sudarshini Fernandopulle, and India High Commissioner Gopal Baglay.
The COVID-19 vaccination drive kicked off in Sri Lanka on Friday, a day after India s gift of 5 lakh doses of Covishield vaccine reached the island nation. The drive began at the Army Hospital in Narahenpita as frontline workers fighting COVID-19 were vaccinated with the Made in India Covishield vaccine. The vaccination drive was formally launched at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases with the participation of State Minister of Primary Health Services, Pandemics and COVID Prevention, Dr Sudarshini Fernandopulle, and India High Commissioner Gopal Baglay. The first vaccine was given to Dr Ananda Wijewickrema, a specialist at the hospital. The hospital staff was then vaccinated, Colombo Page reported.
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