COLOMBO : Sri Lanka will purchase 10 million doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine from India, officials here have said.In January, under India's neighbourhood first policy, Sri Lanka received 500,000 doses of free vaccines.
They were administered as a priority to frontline health workers and members of the Armed forces.The State Pharmaceutical Corporation has signed the order with Serum Institute of India (SII) for 10 million doses, officials said.
This agreement has been approved by the Attorney General on Monday.Oxford-AstraZeneca's Covishield is being manufactured by Pune-based Serum Institute.
The SII has collaborated with Oxford University and pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca for making the vaccine.Earlier this week, the vaccination.