Sri Lanka expects to vaccinate 13 million of its population against COVID-19 by the end of September, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said in a televised address to the nation on Friday (June 25). Thereby, 4 million doses of China’s Sinopharm vaccine and 2.5 million of Sinovac vaccine are expected to arrive in July. Meanwhile, plans are afoot to obtain 2 million more shots of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine, the President said further. In addition, Sri Lanka will be receiving 5 million Sinopharm shots and another 2 million Sputnik V jabs in August. Upon receiving, 3 million more Sinopharm vaccines in September, Sri Lanka will be able to inoculate 13 million people by the end of September this year, he went on to say.

Source: The Nation June 25, 2021 15:45 UTC