Sri Lanka likely to say no to Chinese vaccine

Sri Lanka has ordered 13.5 million Oxford AstraZeneca vaccines in addition to the 5,00,000 doses gifted by India, and the country may not use Chinese vaccines in the second phase of immunization, a government spokesman said.

Ramesh Pathirana, who is also the Minister of Plantations, said Sri Lanka was likely to go only with the AstraZeneca vaccines for the second phase.

“The Chinese vaccine has not submitted the papers relating to phase three trials,” Pathirana said.

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