The Department of Immunology and Molecular Medicine of the University of Sri Jayewardenapura here in a report released on Saturday said the infected person had returned from India and was found at a quarantine center for returnees in Colombo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sri Lanka on Saturday detected its first case of the Indian variant of coronavirus, also known as B.1.617, in a person who recently returned from India and was in a quarantine centre here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Department of Immunology and Molecular Medicine of the University of Sri Jayewardenapura here in a report released on Saturday said the infected person had returned from India and was found at a quarantine center for returnees in Colombo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The sample was among several other samples obtained for testing until April 30, the Colombo Gazette reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The statement also gave details of other variants so far found in the island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They are: B.1.1.7 (UK variant), B.1.428 (Denmark\/European\/Middle East variant), B.1.411 (Sri Lankan variant), B 1.525 (Nigerian variant) and the B.1.351 (South African variant).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sri Lanka on Friday recorded 19 deaths, the highest number of fatalities in a single day. The total number of deaths in the country due to COVID-19 stands at 764.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The country on Saturday began rolling out the Chinese Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine after the WHO approved it for emergency use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The island had received 600,000 doses of Sinpoharm last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As the local health medicine regulators failed to endorse it in the absence of WHO approval for emergency use, only the Chinese nationals employed in the country were administered the vaccine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Early this week, the Russian Sputnik V was first administered in a populous Colombo suburb as cases surged throughout the island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sri Lanka had to opt for other vaccines due to the delay in AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from Serum Institute of India. The roll out of AstraZeneca’s second dose began last month even with the shortfall of the required number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sri Lanka has over 121,000 coronavirus infections with over 101,000 recoveries since the onset of the pandemic in March last year. <\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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