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Sri Lanka marks one year since COVID vaccine roll-out
COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka on Saturday (29) marked one year since it started administering the vaccine against COVID-19.According to State Minister (Professor) Channa Jayasumana the vaccine distribution is as follows:A total of 35,634,497 doses of vaccines were administered.Sinopharm: 23,029,353Pfizer: 7,798,598Astrazeneca: 2,899,460Moderna: 1,592,162Sputnik; 314,9241st dose: 16,626,0112nd dose: 13,911,181Booster dose; 5,097,305The COVID-19 vaccination drive in Sri Lanka began on 29th January 2021, with three military personnel in the frontline of combatting the pandemic, receiving the jabs of India’s AstraZeneca COVISHIELD vaccine.