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32,539 people received the ‘AstraZeneca Covishield’ vaccine on Saturday (30) 32,539 people received the ‘AstraZeneca Covishield’ vaccine on Saturday (30) Written by Share: Colombo (News 1st);  32,539 people were immunized with following the jabbing of the ‘AstraZeneca Covishield’ vaccine across Sri Lanka. On Friday (29) 5,286 people received the ‘AstraZeneca Covishield’ vaccine and the total number of people who received the vaccine stands at 37,825. Jabbing of the ‘AstraZeneca Covishield’ vaccine to Army personnel serving at the front lines in the fight against transm...

5286 people received the ‘AstraZeneca Covishield’ vaccine on Friday (29) 5286 people received the ‘AstraZeneca Covishield’ vaccine on Friday (29) Written by Share: Colombo (News 1st); 5286 people received the ‘AstraZeneca Covishield’ vaccine on Friday (29), said the Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health. Immunization Centre 382 No side effects were reported, said the Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health. As dusk fell on Friday (29), Army medical teams at both Colombo Army Hospital at Narahenpita and Panagoda Army Hospital completed the inoculation of 1000 doses of...

Share: Colombo (News 1st); Senior Advisor to the President and Head of the Presidential Task Force for Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 vaccination drive Lalith Weeratunga said any citizen is entitled to the right to refuse to be vaccinated. The President’s Media Division quoting Weeratunga said obtaining the vaccine will be at the discretion of any citizen. The first consignment of the Indian government-gifted AstraZeneca Covidshield vaccines was officially handed over to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa by High Commissioner of India Dr Gopal Baglay at the Colombo airport on Thursday (28) morning. Pre...

Share: COLOMBO (News 1st): The Director-General of Health Services confirmed that five COVID-19 related deaths were reported in Sri Lanka on Sunday (Dec. 20), the Department of Government Information said. Thereby, the COVID-19 death toll in the country has risen to 176. The details of the deceased are as follows: 01. A 71-year-old male from Panagoda. He had passed away at the Mulleriyawa Base Hospital on the 18th of December. The cause of death was ruled as blood poisoning and COVID-19 pneumonia. 02. A 52-year-old male from Colombo 08. He had passed away at his residence on the 17th of Dece...

Posted on December 20th, 2020 Courtesy Adaderana Death toll from Covid-19 outbreak in Sri Lanka has climbed to 176 as five more virus-related fatalities were confirmed today (20), the Director-General of Health Services says. One of the victims is a 71-year-old male from Panagoda area who died of blood poisoning and Covid-19 pneumonia. He was transferred from Pimbura Base Hospital to Mulleriyawa Base Hospital where he died on December 18. Another man, aged 52, has also fallen victim to Covid-19 pneumonia. He passed away on December 17 while at his home in Colombo 08. ...