Three military personnel received the 1st Oxford Astra-Zeneca vaccines at the Army Hospital in Colombo while process continued in 5 other hospitals.
Dr. Ananda Wijewickrama, Senior Consultant Physician at IDH became the first healthcare official to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in Sri Lanka.
Colombo South teaching Hospital, Sri Lanka vaccinating its entire staff with #Covishield.
Nurses, Attendants, Doctors, Allied health, Security personal & most importantly our unsung heroes the cleaning staff.#COVID19SL #COVID19LK #VaccineMaitri pic.twitter.com/mkCIS9uAzD
— Ruminda H. Gunaratne (@Rumindahg) January 29, 2021