Colombo (News 1st); State Pharmaceuticals Corporation of Sri Lanka entered into an agreement to purchase 07 million doses of the Russian Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine. SPC General Manager Dinusha Dassanayake speaking to News 1st said Dr. Prasanna Gunasena, the Chairman of the State Pharmaceutical Co...

Colombo (News 1st); Another 500,000 doses of the AstraZeneca / COVISHIELD COVID-19 vaccine ordered from the Serum Institute of India will arrive in Sri Lanka next week, said the State Pharmaceuticals Corporation of Sri Lanka on Thursday (25). SPC General Manager Dinusha Dissanayake said an additi...

COLOMBO (News 1st): A consignment of 500,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVISHIELD Vaccines ordered by the government are expected to arrive in the country within this month, the State Pharmaceuticals Corporation of Sri Lanka (SPC) said. The vaccine manufacturing company has agreed to provide the r...

Colombo (News 1st); The Serum Institute of India says the 01 million doses of the COVISHIELD vaccine ordered by Sri Lanka will be delivered to the island nation, without any delay. State Pharmaceuticals Corporation of Sri Lanka confirmed this to News 1st on Monday (08). The Oxford-AstraZeneca ...

COLOMBO (News 1st): The COVID-19 inoculation process in Sri Lanka will begin on Friday (Jan. 29) with the frontline healthcare workers including the Tri-Forces and Police receiving the jab first, once the consignment of vaccines from India reaches the country on Thursday (Jan. 28), Dr. Sudarshini Fe...