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Over 17Mn doses of vaccine to arrive in SL by September
An excess of 17 million doses of vaccines, including Sinopharm, Sinovac and Sputnik V are expected to arrive in the country from July to September, the President's Media Division said.
This was disclosed during a discussion held with the Special Committee on COVID-19 control at the Presidential Secretariat this morning (25).
Meanwhile, the PMD said the World Bank commends Sri Lanka's approach to the procurement process of purchasing Covid-19 vaccines.
Chairman of the State Pharmaceuticals Corporation (SPC) Dr. Prasanna Gunasena said the World Bank has recognized the SPC as the leading institution when compared with its counterparts in South Asian countries in terms of transparency when procuring vaccines.
As recognition of this, Dr. Gunasena said Sri Lanka will be given access to make payments through the World Bank website when purchasing vaccines.
The President emphasized the need to formulate a programme to administer the vaccines to more people throughout the country within a short period of time.
The President of the Government Medical Officers' Association, Dr. Anuruddha Padeniya, noted that a proposal to conduct the vaccination drive at selected hospitals will be submitted to the Director-General of Health Services. Dr. Padeniya said that this will enable the public to receive vaccines from those hospitals throughout the day on most days.
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