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Vaccines for 13 million by September Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday said the Government plans to vaccinate 13 million people by the end of September this year, which amounts to almost everyone over the age of 30. © Tharaka Basnayaka/NurPhoto via Getty Images FILE - Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa leaves after attending the inaugural session of the new parliament where he delivered the policy speech at Colombo, Sri Lanka. 20 August 2020.
“I took special efforts in the recent past to bring down vaccines to Sri Lanka. I personally spoke to the Heads of State in countries like China and India. I also made requests by letters. I personally wrote letters to the Heads of State of Russia and other countries. We held discussions with vaccine-producing countries through our Foreign Ministry and through the Ambassadors and High Commissioners. Our officials coordinated with vaccine manufacturing companies. All these effort