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    <text>Sri Lanka reports a new single-day record of 384,763 vaccine doses administered. </text>
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      <text>A study finds that the CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine is less effective against the Lineage P.1 Gamma variant, which originated in Brazil. </text>
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    <text>A University of Campinas study finds that the CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine is less effective against the Lineage P.1 Gamma variant, which originated in Brazil. </text>
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      <text>Saudi Arabia bans foreign travellers for the second year in a row for the Hajj pilgrimage, allowing only citizens and residents to take part in it and only for those aged between 18 and 65 who have been vaccinated and are free of chronic diseases. It also set a maximum number of participants at 60,000. </text>
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      <text>Saudi Arabia bans foreign travelers for the second year in a row for the Hajj pilgrimage, allowing only citizens and residents to take part in it and only for those aged between 18 and 65 who have been vaccinated and are free of chronic diseases. It also set a maximum number of participants at 60,000. </text>
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    <text>Saudi Arabia bans foreign travellers for the second consecutive year for the Hajj pilgrimage, only allowing a maximum of 60,000 citizens and residents between the ages of 18 and 65 who have been vaccinated and are free of chronic diseases to take part in it. </text>
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      <text>Sri Lanka approves the emergency use of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as the country faces its third wave and the most active cases since the pandemic began. The minister overseeing the situation says Sri Lanka will try to secure 5 million doses as neighbouring India has restricted the supply of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. </text>
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    <text>Sri Lanka approves the emergency use of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as the country faces its third wave of the pandemic and the highest number of active cases since the pandemic began. The minister overseeing the situation says that Sri Lanka will try to secure five million doses of the vaccine as India has restricted the supply of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. </text>
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      <text>Gyms, theatres and cinemas are reopened in Denmark as part of restriction easing and reliance of the &quot;corona pass&quot;, which confirms that a person has either tested negative in the past 72 hours, been vaccinated, or recently recovered from COVID-19. </text>
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      <text>Gyms, theatres and cinemas are reopened in Denmark as part of restriction easing and reliance of &quot;corona pass&quot;, which confirming that they have either tested negative in the past 72 hours, been vaccinated, or recently recovered from COVID-19. </text>
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    <text>Gyms, theatres, and cinemas are reopened in Denmark as a part of the easing of restrictions and a reliance of the &quot;corona pass&quot;, which confirms that a person has either tested negative in the past 72 hours, been vaccinated, or recently recovered from COVID-19. </text>
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      <text>Sri Lanka receives 600,000 doses of the Sinopharm BBIBP-CorV vaccine from China that would be used for the vaccination of Chinese workers living in the country. </text>
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    <text>Sri Lanka receives 600,000 doses of the Sinopharm BBIBP-CorV vaccine from China. Vaccination of Chinese nationals could commence first as the Medicines Regulatory Authority says that the vaccination of Sri Lankans will begin after a study by a committee of experts. </text>
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      <text>Ethiopia receives its first shipment of 2.2 million doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India supplied through the COVAX vaccine-sharing initiative. </text>
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      <text>Nepal receives 348,000 doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine supplied through the COVAX vaccine-sharing initiative. </text>
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      <text>Sri Lanka receives their first shipment of 264,000 doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine supplied through the COVAX vaccine-sharing initiative. </text>
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      <text>Ethiopia receives their first shipment of 2.2 million doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India supplied through the COVAX vaccine-sharing initiative. </text>
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      <text>Nepal receives 348,000 doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine supplied through COVAX vaccine-sharing programme. </text>
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      <text>Ethiopia receives the first shipment consisting 2.2 million doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India supplied through COVAX vaccine-sharing initiative. </text>
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      <text>Sri Lanka receives the first batch consisting 264,000 doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine supplied through COVAX vaccine-sharing programme. </text>
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      <text>Nepal receives 348,000 doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine supplied through COVAX vaccine-sharing programme. </text>
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      <text>Sri Lanka receives the first batch consisting 264,000 doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine supplied through COVAX vaccine-sharing programme. </text>
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    <text>Sri Lanka receives its first shipment of 264,000 doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine supplied through the COVAX vaccine-sharing initiative. </text>
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      <text>Sri Lanka receives 500,000 doses of Covishield (Oxford–AstraZeneca) vaccine from India. </text>
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    <text>Sri Lanka receives 500,000 doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine from India. </text>
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      <text>Jordan begins a vaccination campaign against COVID-19 with jabs for healthcare workers, people with chronic illnesses and those over the age of 60. </text>
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    <text>Jordan begins a vaccination campaign, with priority given to healthcare workers, people with chronic illnesses, and those over the age of 60. </text>
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      <text>Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte agrees to provide an advance payment to pharmaceutical companies developing a COVID-19 vaccine in order to secure millions of vaccine shots. </text>
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    <text>President Rodrigo Duterte agrees to provide an advance payment to pharmaceutical companies developing a COVID-19 vaccine in order to secure millions of vaccines. </text>
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  <subtext>Sri Lanka on Friday announced that citizens from September 15 would require vaccination cards, to travel between provinces and in public spaces</subtext>
  <text>Sri Lanka announces that beginning from September 15, citizens will be required to show a vaccine card containing two vaccine doses administered to enter public places and inter-provincial travel. </text>
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