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Posted on January 29th, 2021 Courtesy Adaderana A total of 5,286 frontline healthcare workers have received the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine on the first day of coronavirus vaccination drive which kicked off in Sri Lanka today (29). Approximately 1,886 persons were administered the vaccine at the National Hospital of Sri Lanka, 803 persons at Colombo North Teaching Hospital, 781 at Colombo South Teaching Hospital, 600 at Army Hospital and 400 at Army Camp Panagoda. Another 382 were vaccinated at the Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children, 190 at Homagama Base Hospital, 108 at Mulleriyawa Base Hospital, 80 at IDH and 56 at the Welisara Navy Camp. The Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health stated that health staff and other frontline workers in Covid-19 prevention activities attended very enthusiastically” for the immunization programme. ....
– Infectious Disease Hospital in Angoda. The vaccination drive will begin at 9:00 am today (29). “Whilst the vaccination drive begins in Colombo today, doses of the vaccine are being transported to other parts of the country as well,” Dr. Sudarshini Fernandopulle, the State Minister of Primary Health Care, Epidemics and COVID Disease Control told News 1st. The vaccination of frontline healthcare workers, personnel of the Tri-Forces and Police will take around one week. According to the State Minister, all district hospitals and MOH offices where COVID-19 vaccination will take place, were already instructed on the procedure; thereby, vaccination will begin outside the Western province as soon as the hospitals and MOH offices receive the jabs. ....
COVID-19 vaccination drive kicks off in Sri Lanka with Made in India vaccines ANI | Updated: Jan 29, 2021 13:35 IST Colombo [Sri Lanka], January 29 (ANI): The COVID-19 vaccination drive kicked off in Sri Lanka on Friday, a day after India s gift of 5 lakh doses of Covishield vaccine reached the island nation. The drive began at the Army Hospital in Narahenpita as frontline workers fighting COVID-19 were vaccinated with the Made in India Covishield vaccine. The vaccination drive was formally launched at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases with the participation of State Minister of Primary Health Services, Pandemics and COVID Prevention, Dr Sudarshini Fernandopulle, and India High Commissioner Gopal Baglay. ....
A health worker innoculates a colleague with a Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at a government hospital in Homagama on January 29, 2021 (AFP) COLOMBO: Sri Lanka on Friday launched its national coronavirus immunisation campaign by administering the first shots to frontline health workers, soldiers and security personnel, a day after India gifted 500,000 doses of Covishield vaccine to the island nation. Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday thanked India for its generosity after he received 500,000 doses of Covishield vaccine donated by the country under the Neighbourhood First policy. The consignment was packed in 42 boxes. Rajapaksa was joined at the airport by the Indian envoy in Colombo Gopal Baglay. ....
The COVID-19 vaccination drive kicked off in Sri Lanka on Friday, a day after India s gift of 5 lakh doses of Covishield vaccine reached the island nation. The drive began at the Army Hospital in Narahenpita as frontline workers fighting COVID-19 were vaccinated with the Made in India Covishield vaccine. The vaccination drive was formally launched at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases with the participation of State Minister of Primary Health Services, Pandemics and COVID Prevention, Dr Sudarshini Fernandopulle, and India High Commissioner Gopal Baglay. The first vaccine was given to Dr Ananda Wijewickrema, a specialist at the hospital. The hospital staff was then vaccinated, Colombo Page reported. ....