COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka’s National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) has approved the emergency use of the Chinese SINOVAC vaccine in Sri Lanka.

‘All WHO-approved Covid-19 vaccines are approved in Sri Lanka,’ said State Minister (Professor) Channa Jayasumana on Friday (16).

Sri Lanka already approved Pfizer/BioNTech, Sinopharm, AstraZeneca (COVIDSHIELD), Sputnik V, and Moderna Vaccines.

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