Covid: Sri Lanka orders 13.5 mn AstraZeneca doses, likely to drop Chinese jabs Premium A health official draws a dose of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, at Infectious Diseases Hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka (REUTERS) . Updated: 23 Feb 2021, 03:31 PM IST PTI The Chinese vaccine has not submitted the papers relating to phase three trials, says Sri Lankan govt India gifted 500,000 doses of the same vaccine which kicked off Sri Lanka’s vaccine rollout in late January Share Via Read Full Story Colombo: Sri Lanka has ordered 13.5 million Oxford AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines in addition to the 500,000 doses gifted by India, and the country may not use Chinese vaccines in the second phase of immunisation, a government spokesman said on Tuesday.