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President hopeful WHO would provide 600,000 doses of AstraZeneca for SL

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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said today that he was hopeful that the World Health Organization (WHO) would make effort to fulfil Sri Lanka's need for 600,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine for the second dose.

President Rajapaksa said this after a discussion he had with WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus via zoom technology on the current COVID situation.

The President said it was a useful meeting while WHO Chief thanked him for having updated the country's response to COVID.

"We discussed the need to keep implementing public health measures to control transmission and stressed WHO's commitment to help overcome challenges in accessing the needed vaccines," the WHO Head tweeted.

Meanwhile, President Rajapaksa said in his Tweeter that he believed that WHO would fulfil Sri Lanka's need for 600,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine for the second dose.

"At the meeting, it transpired that approval would be given in another 2-3 days for China's Sinopharm vaccine for emergency use. With that approval, Sri Lanka would be able to start vaccinating our people with the current volume of 600,000 Sinopharm doses in hand," the President tweeted.

While commending the control of the pandemic during the first wave, the WHO Chief said he was hopeful that the current surge in affected persons would soon be brought under control.

The President also registered his appreciation of the support the WHO has been providing through the regional and Colombo office level. (Sheain Fernandopulle)


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  • friendfriend Friday, 07 May 2021 05:00 PM

    People have lost hope in your family rule.

    Martin Milton Friday, 07 May 2021 05:29 PM

    These politicos are all barking up the wrong tree. NOT Astra Zeneca but they should be focussing on the Chinese Sinopharm and Russian Sputnik Vaccines which have reportedly minimal side effects if any!. Don't they read the news or listen to press reports, for heavens' sake! MM

    Martin Milton Friday, 07 May 2021 05:29 PM

    These politicos are all barking up the wrong tree. NOT Astra Zeneca but they should be focussing on the Chinese Sinopharm and Russian Sputnik Vaccines which have reportedly minimal side effects if any!. Don't they read the news or listen to press reports, for heavens' sake! MM

    Sam Silva Friday, 07 May 2021 05:33 PM

    What took so long. Everyone was busy about the port city while the country was burning.

    Nihal Fernando Friday, 07 May 2021 06:53 PM

    We do not make vaccines in our country. Every country who does not make it is in the same boat. No purpose in pointing fingers. EU is in the same boat...I hear Canada has paid for vaccines in 2020, and still have not received all of their orders. Time to look at how Cuba is doing it Look at the nature magazine article on Cuba's s vaccine development. We need to train our young in bio technology. More than anything please do not depend on India for any thing. Untrustworthy and trying to bankrupt Sri Lanka.

    Nandasena duranaya Friday, 07 May 2021 05:35 PM

    Please don't interfere with medical experts plans for political gains. Make sure vaccine is given to deserving people and not to friends and relatives Disgusting to see two sets of ruled

    president hopeful Friday, 07 May 2021 05:39 PM

    last month sir's health ladies in red said "we have stored 600,000 vaccines for the 2nd dose". if nandasena is now 'hopeful' WHO will give 600,000 for the 2nd dose, what happened to the stored gold?? drank it?? no. 300,000 were 'possibly' given through the back door to his bum-suckers. very nice sir. even your own set of clowns dont respect you anymore. just throw in the towel at least now. you are a joke. saw how 'piliyandala choppeh' defied your team orders? aiyo brutus.

    DDT Friday, 07 May 2021 06:06 PM

    So, Six Hundred Thousand will DIE soon after the AstraZeneca COVAX jab.

    Niroshan Friday, 07 May 2021 06:09 PM

    They should have kept for the 2nd dose and vaccinated people. That's what was told but corrupt officials gave it to their families and friends. Now the PRez who couldn't manage it will become as a saviour.

    Chux Friday, 07 May 2021 06:10 PM

    What kind of government you are running as you waited till the last minute to request this ????

    Seqi Friday, 07 May 2021 06:13 PM

    President Hopefull....... catchy name

    RoaringCreek Friday, 07 May 2021 06:17 PM

    Is that the summit of this begging spree?

    Dee Friday, 07 May 2021 06:27 PM

    Who?

    Gotae Friday, 07 May 2021 06:30 PM

    How come you’ll completed the 600k for first shot only. If it would have planned properly, the required people would have given the second shot as well. This shows how incompetent is this government?

    Siribiris Friday, 07 May 2021 06:32 PM

    Had we ordered at the correct time ( few months back ) we would have got it . We waited thinking that we will get it free of charge .

    Citizens for justice Friday, 07 May 2021 06:35 PM

    We voted you expecting good governance. Justice for all,a level playing field. Alas two levels of justice. Remand jails used for the wrong purpose. Now this statement about the vaccine??? well seeing is believing

    dickie bird Friday, 07 May 2021 06:44 PM

    See interview of Dr. Rukanthi de Alwis in Island today. S'pore NUS in collabaration with American BioTech firm is in stage 3 of new vaccine Lunar Covid tried in the USA. They are looking for stage clients. Invite them to SL to control our spread

    Dee Friday, 07 May 2021 08:40 PM

    Don't talk about Singapore! We only did it best!

    Sam Silva Friday, 07 May 2021 09:09 PM

    FAILED STATE admission. We had one year to place orders. The free vaccines given by India and WHO in January, we knew we have to give the second shot to those 900,000 that got the first. Nepal, Bhutan vaccinated many more

    G abe Friday, 07 May 2021 11:31 PM

    They were too busy securing power for themselves and their families, creating bogus projects to get commission or pay offs, without focusing on the global pandemic, we could of placed an order long ago and gotten most vaccinated but people in power wanted it free, what happened to 1bn covid fund, most of what I see in news now points to disaster and the higher ups know it and are securing their own futures and their families over the population, we need a poor brainy guy for president, not these spoilt rich people who think for themselves, running a country means the whole country not just where their friends or family is concerned


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