According to Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi, Sri Lanka is set to receive approximately 4.2 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine under the WHO’s COVAX programme once a vaccine is developed. German company BioNTech and its US partner Pfizer announced last week that they produced a Covid-19 vaccine. An analysis at its phase three trials showed the Covid-19 vaccine to be 90% effective in preventing Covid-19 infections, the companies stated. Three vaccine research and development groups – BioNTech and Pfizer, Moderna, and AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford – have released promising preliminary data about their Covid-19 vaccine candidates. “We have established a national co-ordinating committee for the Covid-19 vaccine, under which three technical subcommittees have been appointed.

Source: The Nation November 28, 2020 23:37 UTC