Tag: COVAXIN

An estimated 1.8 million doses of the Astra Zeneca vaccine is likely to arrive in Sri Lanka by the end of this month under the COVAX facility of the World Health Organization, Dr. Palitha Abeykoon, the WHO Director General’s Special Envoy to coordinate the global response to COVID-19 said.

India’s drugs regulator on Saturday recommended for emergency use a locally developed coronavirus vaccine called COVAXIN, which is expected to be a backup to the AstraZeneca/Oxford shot.