Sri Lanka Approved AstraZeneca s Vaccine for Emergency Use by Angela Mohan on January 25, 2021 at 7:40 PM
Sri Lankan authorities granted approval for the emergency use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, says the Minister for Pharmaceutical Production and Regulation Channa Jayasumana .
Jayasumana said the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) had granted the approval for the emergency use of the British vaccine while several other vaccines were also in the pipeline at the National Medicines Regulatory Authority, reports Xinhua news agency.
This the first time Sri Lanka has approved a vaccine for emergency use.
State Minister of Primary Health Care, Epidemics and COVID-19 Disease Control Sudarshani Fernandopulle said the vaccine will be imported to Sri Lanka by mid-February.
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