COLOMBO: Most Sri Lankan businesses and schools were closed, and public transport was interrupted on Thursday as workers joined a general strike calling for the president to step down over the island’s growing economic and political crisis. Angry over skyrocketing inflation, stalled imports of fuel, medicines and food, and hours of daily power cuts, people across Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka in the need to catch up as countries ramp up Covid 19 vaccination
Sri Lanka in the need to catch up as countries ramp up Covid 19 vaccination
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The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has been approved for use in the UK, with the first doses due to be given on Monday (4th) amid rising coronavirus cases.
The UK is the first country to approve the Oxford University/AstraZeneca vaccine.
The vaccine is cheaper and easier to distribute than some alternatives and could in time offer a route out of the pandemic for large parts of the world.
The UK has ordered 100 million doses – enough to vaccinate 50 million people.