Prof. Channa Jayasumana added that 311,102 of these individuals have received the second dose of the vaccine. This is reportedly the highest number of second doses rolled out within a day.
According to Epidemiology Unit’s data, 15% of the population or 3,249,670 people in Sri Lanka have now been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Meanwhile, 179,703 first doses of AstraZeneca, Sinopharm and Pfizer shots were rolled out on Monday increasing the total number of half-vaccinated people in the country to over 11 million.
(ada derana)
