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13 Mn people to be vaccinated by end of September: Prez
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said 13 million people could be vaccinated by the end of September this year.
Addressing the nation, he said "We can vaccinate almost everyone over the age of 30 by that time. This is a very satisfactory situation," he said.
The President said Sri Lanka has received a total of 4,494,000 vaccine doses so far and that the vaccination drive is being carried out successfully in all provinces of the country.
"We have received 1,264,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine, 3.1 million Sinopharm vaccine doses, and 130,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccine.In July, 4 million doses of Sinopharm vaccine and 2.5 million doses of Sinovac are expected to be received. Arrangements have also been made to obtain 2 million Sputnik V doses. In addition, 5 million doses of Sinopharm vaccine, 2.5 million doses of Sinovac and 2 million doses of Sputnik V are expected in August.We will be getting down 3 million more Sinopharm vaccine doses in September," he said.
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