Tag: Vaccination

Authorities in an Indian city have organised a special drive-through vaccination camp for disabled people in a bid to address low vaccination rates, especially among more vulnerable members of society.

The vaccination roll out will commence in 12 more districts with Sinopharm jabs from today, Army Commander Shavendra Silva said.

Sri Lanka ramped up the COVID-19 inoculation drive on Monday (May 31), recording the highest number of vaccinations rolled out in a single day.

The national vaccination program will open up in Jaffna from tomorrow, as the Jaffna district has been one of the worst affected districts from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The vaccination is the only solution to stop the spread of COVID-19 and that the government has a systematic and strong programme in place to vaccinate the public, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said.

The Colombo Municipal Council yesterday said it had allocated six centers in Colombo this week where those above the age of 60 years can receive the anti COVID19 Astra Zeneca jabs.

China has launched a digital COVID-19 vaccination certificate for its citizens planning cross-border travels, joining other countries issuing similar documents as they seek ways to reopen their economies.

15 million people were covered in the first phase

Health officers from the Colombo Municipal Council yesterday urged all those who had been vaccinated and who would receive the anti COVID19 jabs in the coming weeks and months, to carefully preserve their vaccination cards as it would be required for the second dosage.

Big pharma corporates are unethically exploiting a “new but no-so-deadly” influenza, says Duni Damar, in the website of the Center for Research in Globalization, Ottawa.