COLOMBO - Sri Lanka’s health authorities suspect an organized misinformation campaign is behind an unusual increase in vaccine hesitancy among the country’s youth. Deputy Health Services Director Dr. Hemantha Herath told reporters on…
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COLOMBO – The Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) has recommended administering Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, or AstraZeneca as booster shots for people over 60 who have already received two doses of Sinopharm vaccine. Citing research…
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COLOMBO - Sri Lanka on Tuesday (27) received the largest COVID-19 vaccine donation from China, sent via two chartered SriLankan Airlines flights. Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka in a statement issued on Wednesday (28), said China had also…
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COLOMBO -  Sri Lanka's health authorities administered the highest number of vaccines in a single day on Monday (12) with 232,526 people, including school teachers and non-academic staff, being inoculated, the Health Ministry was quoted by…
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COLOMBO – The Ministry of Health on Sunday (11) 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…
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COLOMBO – Sri Lanka expects to receive a range of vaccines against COVID-19 in July in varying numbers of doses, officials said, amid uncertainty about the second dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine and doubt about the efficacy of certain…
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COLOMBO – Sri Lanka has effectively shut the door for the Chinese-made Sinopharm jab despite Beijing’s vaccine diplomacy of making a bigger donation of doses compared to regional rival India. The cabinet of ministers announced Tuesday…
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By Sui Lee Wee BEIJING - A Chinese pharmaceutical company on Wednesday (30) said late-stage drug trials showed one of its coronavirus vaccines was effective, delivering positive results that could pave the way for the global rollout of…
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