The Government has decided to temporarily suspend the Covid vaccination programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
State Minister of Primary Health Care, Epidemics and COVID Disease Control Sudarshani Fernandopulle told Daily Mirror the vaccination programme was suspended from Wednesday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said the Covid vaccination programme was temporarily suspended as there was a delay in securing more AstraZeneca vaccines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Serum Institute of India recently suspended exports of the AstraZeneca vaccine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
State Minister of Pharmaceutical Production, Supply and Regulation Professor Channa Jayasumana had assured last week that Sri Lanka will receive a stock of AstraZeneca vaccines ordered from the Serum Institute on time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Daily Mirror learns that Sri Lanka has not been able to secure an assurance the next stock of AstraZeneca vaccines will arrive on time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a result, the Government has decided to temporarily suspend the vaccination programme in order to ensure the remaining stocks in hand are kept for the second jab, if required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended that the second dose be administered in 12 weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Government commenced the mass vaccination program on January 29 after receiving the first stock of AstraZeneca vaccines from India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sri Lanka has so far vaccinated over 900,000 people using AstraZeneca vaccines obtained from India through the Serum Institute of India and vaccines obtained through the COVAX Facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The second dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine was to be administered from April 19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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