COLOMBO: Sri Lanka hoped to vaccinate all citizens above the age of 30 years against the Covid-19 virus by September, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said. In a televised address to the nation on Friday, President Rajapaksa said Sri Lanka had received 1,264,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines, 3.1 million doses of Sinopharm vaccines, and 130,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccines. Accordingly, we can vaccinate almost everyone over the age of 30 by that time," the president said. Commenting on nationwide lockdowns, the president said no country could continue to function with its airports and ports closed for long. In particular, the apparel industry which brought in about $5-billion revenue to Sri Lanka suffered a heavy loss, Rajapaksa said.

Source: Manila Times June 26, 2021 01:41 UTC