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32,539 people received the ‘AstraZeneca Covishield’ vaccine on Saturday (30)
32,539 people received the ‘AstraZeneca Covishield’ vaccine on Saturday (30)
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Colombo (News 1st); 32,539 people were immunized with following the jabbing of the ‘AstraZeneca Covishield’ vaccine across Sri Lanka.
On Friday (29) 5,286 people received the ‘AstraZeneca Covishield’ vaccine and the total number of people who received the vaccine stands at 37,825.
Jabbing of the ‘AstraZeneca Covishield’ vaccine to Army personnel serving at the front lines in the fight against transmission of COVID-19 continued in full swing across 16 island-wide including the Palaly Army Base Hospital, Army Hospital at Anuradhapura, Field Hospital in Mannar, Field Hospital, Vauniya, Army Base Hospital, Minneriya, Combat Training School, Ampara, Army Base Hospital, Kilinochchi, Army Base Hospital, Mullaittivu, Army Hospital, Colombo, Army Base Hospital, Panagoda,1 Sri Lanka Army Medica
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5286 people received the ‘AstraZeneca Covishield’ vaccine on Friday (29)
5286 people received the ‘AstraZeneca Covishield’ vaccine on Friday (29)
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Colombo (News 1st); 5286 people received the ‘AstraZeneca Covishield’ vaccine on Friday (29), said the Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health.
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No side effects were reported, said the Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health.
As dusk fell on Friday (29), Army medical teams at both Colombo Army Hospital at Narahenpita and Panagoda Army Hospital completed the inoculation of 1000 doses of ‘AstraZeneca Covishield’ vaccine to Army personnel serving at the front line in the fight against transmission of COVID-19 after its inauguration took place at Narahenpita, graced by General Shavendra Silva, Head, National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO), Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army.
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Colombo (News 1st); Senior Advisor to the President and Head of the Presidential Task Force for Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 vaccination drive Lalith Weeratunga said any citizen is entitled to the right to refuse to be vaccinated.
The President’s Media Division quoting Weeratunga said obtaining the vaccine will be at the discretion of any citizen.
The first consignment of the Indian government-gifted AstraZeneca Covidshield vaccines was officially handed over to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa by High Commissioner of India Dr Gopal Baglay at the Colombo airport on Thursday (28) morning.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa recently requested the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the vaccines to be used in Sri Lanka.