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Covid vaccination drive kicks off in Sri Lanka with 'Made in India' vaccines
coronavirus vaccination drive kicked off in Sri Lanka today, a day after India gifted 500,000 doses of the Covishield vaccine to the island nation.The drive began at the Army Hospital in Narahenpita as frontline workers fighting the novel coronavirus were vaccinated with the 'Made in India' Covishield vaccines.Also Read | Covid vaccination faces slow startThe coronavirus vaccination drive was formally launched at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases with the participation of State Minister of Primary Health Services, Pandemics and Covid Prevention, Dr Sudarshini Fernandopulle, and India High Commissioner Gopal Baglay, reports news agency ANI.The first Covid-19 vaccine was reportedly given to Dr Ananda Wijewickrema, a specialist at