COLOMBO (News 1st); Over 4.3 Million people were given the Third / Booster dose against COVID-19 said the Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health on Sunday (9).

The Department of Government Information released the following statistics on the vaccination progress as of Saturday (8).

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