Sri Lanka is scheduled to receive 120,000 Sputnik-v vaccines for the people of the Kandy District on Monday (20).
Health Minister Dr. Keheliya Rambukwella says that all those who received the first dose of the Sputnik-v vaccine will be fully vaccinated from this stock.
The Sputnik dosage will be distributed to the people in the Kandy District within three days.
Accordingly, the Minister expressed confidence that the vaccination would be completed by the end of next week.
Sputnik vaccine has been given to 150,000 people in the Kandy district.
Senior citizens over 60 years of age in the district have been given the second dose using 30,000 Sputnik vaccines received to Sri Lanka on two occasions.
A review discussion on the importation, storage and distribution of drugs was held under the patronage of the Minister of Health Dr. Keheliya Rambukwella at the Ministry Auditorium today (15). The Minister said this after the discussion.
Half of the country’s population has now been fully vaccinated.
With the reception of the Sputnik vaccine by the people of Kandy, more than 99% of the people over the age of 20 in the district will be vaccinated within the next few weeks, the Minister said.
