The vaccination drive in Sri Lanka has been picking up pace lately, marking the highest number of Covid-19 vaccines administered in a single day in Sri Lanka, 412,111 Saturday last week
Sri Lanka needs well-designed political and economic policy changes for long-term recovery
The government has taken steps to address shortages of fuel and gas to some extent when compared to the earlier situation which had long queues that stretched for kilometres outside fuel and gas stations. But a well-planned recovery plan still cannot be seen that can address the long-term food security issues.
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Sri Lanka starts issuing digital vaccination certificates
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Sri Lanka extends all types of visas to foreigners for another 30 days
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