Sri Lanka s Health Ministry on Sunday received 2 million doses of Sinopharm vaccines from China, leading to a total of 7.1 million Sinopharm doses arriving in the country since March. The vaccines arrived onboard two Sri Lankan Airlines flights which arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport early Sunday morning, the Xinhua news agency reported. According to health officials, from these stocks, 100,000 doses each will be dispatched into Galle, Matara, Hambantota, Anuradhapura, Nuwara Eliya, Ratnapura, Badulla, and Matale Districts, while 200,000 doses each will be dispatched to Colombo and Kurunegala Districts. Meanwhile, 300,000 and 500,000 doses will be dispatched to Kalutara and Gampaha Districts respectively. According to official statistics from the Health Ministry, nearly 3 million people have received the Sinopharm vaccines in Sri Lanka to date, making it the leading vaccine to be administered among the general public.
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No black fungus cases detected in SL: Health Ministry
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Colombo, May 24 : Sri Lanka s Health Ministry on Monday denied claims that the black fungus infection has been detected in the country after rumours spread that a person was infected in the Eastern Province.
State Minister of Primary Health Care, Epidemics and Covid Disease Control Sudarshani Fernandopulle, was quoted by local media as saying that there had been no reports of any black fungus patients while health officials said they were monitoring the situation after cases had been reported in neighbouring India, reports Xinhua news agency.