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Sri Lanka receives Covid-19 vaccine shipment from China

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Colombo, Jul 27 (EFE/EPA).- Sri Lanka received Tuesday a shipment of 1.6 million doses of vaccines from the Sinopharm laboratory donated by China.To date, Sri Lanka has recorded 298,181 Covid-19 infections and 4,147 deaths from the disease. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE)SHOT LIST: SINOPHARM VACCINE SHIPMENT IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.

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