Sri Lanka President's Special Address to the Nation
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All citizens of Sri Lanka who are over 30 years of age will be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 by the end of September, stated President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today (25).
The President said that in the month of July, consignments of four million Sinopharm vaccine doses, 2.5 million Sinovac doses and 2 million doses of Sputnik V vaccine will be received to Sri Lanka.
Speaking on ramping up the national inoculation drive, the President stated that Sri Lanka will be receiving multiple millions of coronavirus vaccines in the coming three months.
"We have received 1,264,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine, 3.1 million Sinopharm vaccine doses, and 130,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccine.In July, 4 million doses of Sinopharm vaccine and 2.5 million doses of Sinovac are expected to be received. Arrangements have also been made to obtain 2 million Sputnik V doses. In addition, 5 million doses of Sinopharm vaccine, 2.5 million doses of Sinovac and 2 million doses of Sputnik V are expected in August.We will be getting down 3 million more Sinopharm vaccine doses in September," he said.
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