Sri Lanka to buy 18mn COVID-19 vaccines, India says regulator independence should be respected
Sri Lanka is planning to order 18 million vaccines as part of efforts to protect up to 60 percent of the population as India said the national regulator’s independence should be respected
Sri Lanka is planning to order 18 million vaccines as part of efforts to protect up to 60 percent of the population as India said the national regulator’s independence should be respected.
Sri Lanka’s National Medical Regulatory Authority has already approved the AstraZeneca vaccine, branded COVISHIELD produced in India. India had given 500,000 free doses, which would be used to vaccinate at least 250,000 health workers, police and military personnel.
“Probably because of the success of this initiative, I am given to understand that Sri Lanka is placing large scale orders for more vaccines from India,” Vinod K Jacob, Indian Deputy High Commissioner to Sri Lanka said at a business forum in Colombo.
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