Experts disapprove using Chinese vaccine Sinopharm on Sri Lankans: Report ANI | Updated: Apr 02, 2021 16:36 IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 2 (ANI): Sri Lanka s senior medical experts have stated that the Chinese vaccine Sinopharm, which were given by Beijing should not be used on Sri Lankan nationals, according to a report published in Daily Mirror.
Kamanthi Wickramasinghe in an op-ed for Daily Mirror said senior medical practitioners both in the government and private sectors have expressed concerns over the use of the Chinese vaccine.
This comes after a consignment of Sinopharm coronavirus vaccines given by Beijing reached Colombo on Wednesday.
Sri Lanka s Association of Medical Specialists (AMS) in a statement said that an independent panel of experts was appointed by the country s National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) to review all submissions related to candidate vaccines.
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An inoculation drive against COVID-19 in Cambodia will start from February 10 (Photo: EPA-EFE)
Hanoi (VNA) –
inoculation drive against COVID-19 will start from
February 10 after the first batch of China-sponsored
Sinopharm vaccines is due
to arrive in the country on weekend.
Vaccinations will officially start at the Calmette Hospital, he wrote on
his official Facebook page. The process will be live broadcast on TVs and
social media platforms.
He will hold a press conference at the hospital after receiving the
first shot of the vaccine.
According to the Cambodian PM, the vaccines will be provided
free-of-charge to people who are at a high risk of getting infections such as