COVID-19 vaccination in Sri Lanka
Date | 8 March 2021 (2021-03-08) – present |
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Location | Sri Lanka |
Cause | COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka |
Organized by | Government of Sri Lanka |
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COVID-19 vaccination in Sri Lanka is an ongoing immunisation campaign against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), in response to the ongoing pandemic in the country.
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Background[edit]
The Government of Sri Lanka commenced its OVID-19 vaccination program under the COVAX facility with first batch of Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccines arrive in Sri Lanka on 7 March 2021 from the Serum Institute of India. (SII).[1]
Shortages[edit]
By April, with a surge in COVID cases in a third wave of infections, Sri Lanka faced a severe shortage with promised stock of Oxford-AstraZeneca by the Serum Institute of India was not supplied due to the domestic coronavirus emergency in India. This left majority of the 3.5% of the population that was given the first dose without access to the second.[2]
Proposed vaccine production[edit]
On 27 May State Minister for Pharmaceuticals Channa Jayasumana told reporters that Sri Lanka was considering co-production of Sinovac vaccine. It was not clarified if it would handle full production or a fill and finish plant.[3]
Vaccination programme[edit]
Vaccines used[edit]
Currently, the vaccines approved by government of Sri Lanka for emergency use are:
Vaccine | Approval | Deployment |
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Oxford–AstraZeneca | Yes | Yes[1] |
Sinopharm | Yes | Yes[4] |
Sputnik V | Yes | Yes[5] |
Pfizer–BioNTech | Yes | Yes |
Vaccine on order[edit]
Vaccine | Type (technology) | Doses ordered | Manufacturer | Remarks |
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Oxford–AstraZeneca | Viral vector | 8,400,000 | Serum Institute | - |
Sputnik V | Viral vector | 13,000,000 | R-Pharm | - |
Pfizer–BioNTech | RNA | 900,000 [6] | Pfizer | - |
Sinopharm | Inactivated virus | 14,000,000[7][8] | Sinopharm | - |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "First batch of COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX Facility arrive in Sri Lanka". who.int. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "The Latest: Sri Lanka looks to ease shortage with Sputnik V". independent.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "Sri Lanka to co-produce Sinovac vaccines: Minister". EconomyNext. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ "Sri Lanka begins administering Sinopharm vaccines". xinhuanet. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "Sri Lanka rolls out Russia's Sputnik V vaccine". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "Sri Lanka to purchase 900,000 doses of Pfizer-BionTech COVID-19 vaccine in July". economynext.com. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "Sri Lanka eyes 3mn Sinopharm Covid-19 doses to ramp up Coronavirus vaccination drive". economynext.com. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "The Latest: Sri Lanka gets 2nd vaccine donation from China". ABC News. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
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