In Pictures: Army joins COVID vaccination drive

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In addition to health workers, the Sri Lanka Army has also been entrusted with administering COVID-19 vaccines to the country's population.

These photographs show army medical personnel administering the Chinese-made Sinopharm COVID vaccine to people at a vaccination site set up at the P.D. Sirisena Ground in Maligawatta.

Pix by Akila Jayawardana

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