COLOMBO (News 1st); Over 20,000 People were administered the COVID-19 vaccines in Sri Lanka on Monday (10), said the Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry Health.

14,972 people were given the second dose of the Covishield (AstraZeneca) vaccine on Monday (10).

At the same time, a total of 17,541 people were given the first dose of the Chinese Sinopharm Vaccine and 1,497 people were given the first dose of the Russian Sputnik Vaccine.

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