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1.5 million Moderna doses arrive from US


1.5 million Moderna doses arrive from US
Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
A chartered plane arrived in Sri Lanka yesterday with more than 1.5 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from the COVAX Facility.
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People get their COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 15, 2021. Sri Lanka s health authorities on Wednesday administered the highest number of COVID-19 vaccines in a single day with nearly 400,000 people jabbed, statistics from the Health Ministry showed here Thursday. (Photo by Tang Lu/Xinhua via Getty Images)
Donated by the United States, the 1,500,100 doses of the vaccine come to Sri Lanka under the dose-sharing mechanism of the COVAX facility to promote equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines across the globe. ....

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Defying anti-strike laws, 30,000 Sri Lankan nurses hold two-day sicknote protest


Defying anti-strike laws, 30,000 Sri Lankan nurses hold two-day sicknote protest
Health workers protest in Ampara on June 11 [Source: Facebook]
Apart from those involved in special services, including for treating children, cancer and COVID-19 patients, and for emergency and intensive care units, over 30,000 nurses from the 38,000-strong workforce were involved in the industrial action.
Strikes or any other form of industrial action or protest is a punishable criminal offence, under the government’s “Essential Services” Act. Anyone who breaks this law faces between two to five years’ imprisonment, and/or fines of 2,000 to 5,000 rupees. While the law affects nearly one million public sector workers, not a single Sri Lankan union, including those in the health sector, has opposed these anti-democratic measures. ....

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