19 deaths in a single day

A total of 19 COVID-19 deaths were reported yesterday (07) recording the highest single-day deaths from the corona. The death toll thereby surged to 764. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who had a zoom discussion with the Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom said it transpired at the meeting that approval would be given in two or three days’ time for emergency use of China’s Sinopharm vaccine.  

 

The National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) yesterday granted approval for the emergency use of Pfizer vaccines as a shield for COVID virus in Sri Lanka, State Minister of Primary Health Care, Epidemics and COVID Disease Control Dr. Sudarshini Fernandopulle said.  

 

She told that the NMRA Advisory Panel granted the approval, which means the NMRA had approved the vaccine for emergency usage.