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Colombo, Aug 24 (EFE/EPA).- Sri Lanka conducted Tuesday a COVID-19 vaccination drive in Colombo for beggars, homeless and underprivileged people as the country is battling with the third wave of pandemic.The Sri Lankan government has imposed a nationwide lockdown until Aug. 30 as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19. The Indian Ocean island nation has so far recorded a total of 394,355 COVID-19 cases and 7,560 deaths. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE).SHOT LIST: UNDERPRIVILEGED PEOPLE WAIT TO GET THE COVID-19 VACCINE IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
Colombo, Jul 12 (EFE/EPA).-Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps personnel began Monday to vaccinate all educational staffers with China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine at the Army hospital in Colombo.The Indian Ocean island nation prepares for a full reopening of all schools, universities, and higher education institutes in an effort to avoid a slump in the education system in the country. Education institutions have been closed for nearly three months of strict restrictions due to the spread of the coronavirus. 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.(Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE)SHOT LIST: VACCINATION DRIVE 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, May 6 (EFE/EPA).- Sri Lanka began Thursday the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccination drive as the country is facing a new wave of pandemic and surge in number of cases.Sri Lanka received 15,000 doses of the Sputnik V vaccines from Russia on Tuesday. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE).SHOT LIST: SRI LANKANS RECEIVE THE FIRST DOSE OF THE RUSSIAN SPUTNIK V COVID-19 VACCINE AT A REGIONAL MEDICAL CLINIC IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
Colombo, Jan 29 (EFE/EPA).- Sri Lankan health authorities began Friday the COVID-19 vaccination drive with the frontline workers after receiving 500,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines from India. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE).SHOT LIST: SRI LANKAN FRONTLINE HEALTH WORKERS GET THE FIRST DOSE OF A OXFORD-ASTRAZENECA COVID-19 VACCINE SHOT AT THE INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITAL (IDH) IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.