The Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval to purchase 14 million doses of Sinopharm vaccine and one million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine immediately.
A statement on cabinet decisions taken at the cabinet meeting yesterday chaired by the Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said it is needed to be supplied the vaccines as soon as possible under the situation that there is no solution other than the inoculation to control the Covid 19 pandemic.
The government plans to vaccinate 60 % – 70% of the population by the end of this year.
Accordingly, the Cabinet of Ministers granted the approval for the proposal tabled by the Minister of Health to take necessary steps to purchase 14 million doses of Sinopharm vaccine from the Chinese manufacturer and 1 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine immediately.