India donates first 500,000 doses of vaccine to Sri Lanka

28/1/2021 19:40

        Sri Lanka's president on Thursday welcomed the first 500,000 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine from India, which has donated the shots to eight countries in the region.
        
        The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine was manufactured by the Serum Institute of India.
        
        Sri Lanka said 150,000 health workers and 115,000 selected military and police troops will be the first to be inoculated at six hospitals in Colombo and its suburbs.
        
        One of the hospitals is reserved for COVID-19 patients while the others have separate wards for the coronavirus.
        
        The Health Ministry plans to expand the vaccination campaign to 4,000 hospitals and health centers in other parts of the country next week.