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Sri Lanka to get World Bank vaccine funding help

$80.5 million to be provided for nation’s vaccination drive against COVID-19


Nepalnews
2021 May 14, 16:46, Colombo
Sri Lankan police are arresting people who fail to wear face masks and maintain social distancing in public places.

The World Bank said it has signed an agreement with Sri Lanka to provide $80.5 million to help the island nation’s vaccination drive against COVID-19.

The funding comes as Sri Lanka is facing a severe shortage of vaccines because of the current crisis in neighbouring India, which had earlier promised to give the vaccines to Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka began its vaccination drive on Jan. 29 and in the first round, 925,242 people were vaccinated using Oxford-AstraZeneca shots.

At present, Sri Lanka’s health ministry has about 350,000 doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca and as a result, there is a shortage of 600,000 doses in order to complete administering second doses.

Sri Lanka is currently using 600,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine and 15,000 of Sputnik V to give the first dose to others.

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