AstraZeneca & Sri Lanka - An update

According to the Ministry of Health, there is no set timetable for when Sri Lanka will get AstraZeneca vaccinations for the second dose.

The vaccines were supposed to arrive this week, but the Health Ministry announced today that they will arrive in the next 10 days.

To assist limit the spread of COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, Japan chose to give roughly 1.45 million doses of an AstraZeneca vaccine developed in Japan to Sri Lanka through the COVAX Facility.

This decision was made in response to a request from the Sri Lankan government and as part of Japan's commitment to providing equitable access to safe and effective vaccinations to as many people as feasible in the fight against COVID-19.

Source: Newswire.lk