Sri Lanka will likely receive Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine through COVAX

Sri Lanka's frontline workers in health, military and other sectors, people over the age of 60 with non-communicable diseases and select individuals between 50 to 59 years of age that are deemed important to the smooth functioning of the economy will be among 20% of Sri Lankans who will receive a COVID-19 vaccine under the global COVAX facility, an official said

Jan 13, 2021
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Sri Lanka's frontline workers in health, military and other sectors, people over the age of 60 with non-communicable diseases and select individuals between 50 to 59 years of age that are deemed important to the smooth functioning of the economy will be among 20% of Sri Lankans who will receive a COVID-19 vaccine under the global COVAX facility, an official said.

Chief advisor to the president and head of the newly-appointed presidential task force for Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 vaccination drive Lalith Weeratunga told the privately owned Derana TV today that
 
155,000 frontline healthcare workers, 127,500 military personnel, 3,159,800 patients of non-communicable diseases over the age of 60 and 1,178,154 people between 55 to 59 years of age have been identified as being eligible for vaccination.

https://economynext.com/sri-lanka-will-likely-receive-oxford-astrazeneca-vaccine-through-covax-lalith-weeratunga-77769/

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