The Latest: Sri Lanka looks into packaging Russian vaccine
(WorldNews Germany)

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - A Sri Lankan official says Russia has offered to help produce its COVID-19 vaccine locally and that the government is looking into the possibility of packaging it in two factories. Dr. Amal Harsha de Silva. secretary to the ministry of COVID-19 prevention, told media that Russia made the offer during negotiations for vaccines. “ We have two good factories in Sri Lanka, and we are studying(if) we are able to bring the Sputnik V vaccine here and vial it. If we manage to do that, we will move from being a country that imports vaccines to an exporter of vaccines,” he said. Sri Lanka has so far approved only the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for domestic use and has received...