Sri Lanka has requested the United States to provide excess Oxford AstraZeneca vaccines in order to administer the second dose to those who have received the first dose, State Minister of the Production and Distribution of Pharmaceuticals Prof. Channa Jayasumana said yesterday (03). However, Prof. Channa Jayasumana said that no information has been received as to which brand of the vaccine and how many doses have been allocated for Sri Lanka. Therefore, a formal request has been sent to the US authorities to provide the sufficient vaccine doses to complete the second dose administration. US President Joe Biden has stated that the country will provide anti-Covid vaccines to a number of countries, including Sri Lanka. He said in a statement that the United States will be supplying 80 million doses of the vaccine to other parts of the world.

Source: The Nation June 04, 2021 06:11 UTC