Two hundred and fifty Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) workers were given the COVID-19 vaccine this morning (16) at the Campbell Park, Borella. Another set of workers were to be vaccinated in the afternoon today. The vaccination was predominantly given to CMC front-line staff, health authorities said.
Additionally, 500 prison officials at Welikada Prisons were given the jab today. Accordingly all 5100 prison officials in the country will be vaccinated in the next few days. The programme is carried out in other prisons around Colombo as well today, health sources said.
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A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
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