A media release issued by the Epidemiology Unit read that 42,925 people were vaccinated yesterday (March 01). Sri Lanka’s inoculation drive is moving forward with Oxford-AstraZeneca’s COVISHIELD vaccines manufactured by the Serum Institute of India (SII). India donated 500,000 doses of COVISHIELD vaccine to Sri Lanka in January as part of its “Vaccine Maitri” (Vaccine Friendship) initiative. Oxford-AstraZeneca’s COVISHIELD is being manufactured by Pune-based Serum Institute. In the meantime, a consignment of 500,000 doses of COVISHIELD vaccines purchased from India arrived in Sri Lanka on February 25.

Source: The Nation March 02, 2021 03:45 UTC