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COVID-19: No approval yet to use Chinese vaccine Sinopharm on Sri Lankans ANI | Updated: Apr 01, 2021 10:32 IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 1 (ANI): Vaccination of Chinese nationals in Sri Lanka with the Sinopharm vaccine is set to start from next Monday. This comes after a consignment of Sinopharm coronavirus vaccines given by Beijing reached Colombo on Wednesday, the Colombo Page reported.
Despite this development, vaccination of Sri Lankans with the Chinese vaccine will be done after a study by a committee of experts, the country s National Medicines Regulatory Authority said.
Sri Lanka s Cabinet co-spokesperson Dr Ramesh Pathirana said the vaccines will initially be administered only to Chinese nationals based in Sri Lanka, the Daily Mirror Online reported.