Colombo (News 1st); 42,925 people were given the COVID-19 vaccine in Sri Lanka on Monday (01), said the Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health.

Accordingly, as of 01st of March 2021 a total of 509,275 people were given the vaccine to combat the spread of the coronavirus.

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