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Sri Lanka Grants Approval To Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaccine For Emergency Use
Sri Lankans stand in line to be tested while Sri Lankan Health workers in protective suits (PPE) (unseen) take blood and swab samples for COVID-19 tests at Colombo, Sri Lanka. 22 January 2021. Sri Lankan government on Friday (22) granted approval for Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to be used for COVID-19 virus emergency use stated Minister for Pharmaceutical Production and Regulation Channa Jayasumana. Sri Lanka recorded, 887 cases, the highest daily Covid-19 virus confirmed cases (on 21) and a total of 56422 people have been tested positive for Corona virus so far in Sri Lanka according to Sri Lankan Ministry of Health. (Photo by Tharaka Basnayaka/NurPhoto)