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Vaccination drive in Colombo ahead of schools reopening

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Colombo, Jul 12 (EFE/EPA).-Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps personnel began Monday to vaccinate all educational staffers with China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine at the Army hospital in Colombo.The Indian Ocean island nation prepares for a full reopening of all schools, universities, and higher education institutes in an effort to avoid a slump in the education system in the country. Education institutions have been closed for nearly three months of strict restrictions due to the spread of the coronavirus. Sri Lanka is currently in the midst of the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and the number of cases is increasing day by day.(Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE)SHOT LIST: VACCINATION DRIVE IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.

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