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Colombo, Jul 29 (EFE/EPA).-Sri Lankan health workers wearing protective gear performed Thursday COVID -19 swab tests in Colombo.Sri Lanka is currently in the midst of the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic and the number of cases is increasing day by day. Sri Lanka has so far recorded a total of 301,832 COVID-19 cases with 4,258 deaths while a total of 8,718,433 people have received the first dose of the vaccine and 1,994,384 have already received the second one.(Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE)SHOT LIST: HEALTH WORKERS CARRY OUT COVID-19 SWAB TESTS IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
Colombo, Jul 5 (EFE/EPA).- Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps personnel carried out Monday a vaccination drive with China's Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine at a public park in Colombo. Sri Lanka has so far received over six million doses of Covid-19 vaccine with the stock of newly arrived 26,000 doses of Pfizer- BioNTech Comirnaty Covid19 vaccines Monday. Sri Lanka is currently using Oxford AstraZeneca, China's Sinopharm, Russian Sputnik V, Covid -19 vaccines for the Vaccine rollout. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka is currently experiencing a serious shortage of Oxford AstraZeneca (Covishield) vaccine, to be given as a second dose.Sri Lanka has so far recorded a total of 265,630 Covid-19 cases with 3,236 deaths while a total of 2,971,751 people have received the first dose of the vaccine and 1,250,443 have already received the second one.(Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE)SHOT LIST:VACCINATION DRIVE IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
Colombo, Sep 18 (EFE/EPA).- The 22nd edition of Colombo International Book Fair, organized by Sri Lanka Book Publishers’ Association, opened its doors to public on Friday.In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the public have been cautioned on attending the Colombo International Book Fair. The book fair is held every year for a week in September. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE). SHOT LIST: THE 22ND EDITION OF COLOMBO INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
Colombo, Aug 29 (EFE/EPA).- Sri Lanka held Saturday at Colombo's historic Kotte Buddhist Temple the annual Buddhist procession, a ceremony believed to have started in 1415 and held in honor of the sacred relic of the Buddha's tooth, once guarded by the kingdom of Kotte. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE).SHOT LIST: A BUDDHIST PROCESSION AT THE HISTOIC KOTTE BUDDHIST TEMPLE IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
Colombo, July 23 (EFE/EPA).- Tharindu Ravisha, who had been working at a resort in Dubai, has now been stranded in the United Arab Emirates for four months, waiting endlessly to return home in Sri Lanka.The 22-year-old housekeeper at Cove Rotana Resort in Ras Al Khaimah has repeatedly contacted the Sri Lankan embassy in Dubai seeking repatriation.He has exhausted almost all his savings to survive during the lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.(Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE)SHOT LIST: FAMILY MEMBERS OF SRI LANKAN MIGRANT WORKERS STUCK IN WEST ASIAN COUNTRIES, A "WOMEN'S MOVEMENT FOR FREEDOM" MARCH HELD ON JULY 8 2020 IN FRONT OF THE LABOUR SECRETARIAT IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA, SOUNDBITES: HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER AND REPRESENTATIVE OF FRONTLINE SOCIALIST PARTY IN SRI LANKA, NUWAN BOPAGE (IN ENGLISH)
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