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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa orders security personnel, health care and tourism industry workers in Sri Lanka to receive a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine beginning from November 1 in order to revive tourism industry and the economy as whole that were impacted by the pandemic.
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President Nicos Anastasiades receives a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Israel introduces a new rule that requires booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to be considered fully vaccinated for everyone aged 12 and older in "Green Pass", becoming the first country to do so.
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Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong receives his booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong receives a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa imposes a ten-day nationwide lockdown in Sri Lanka in an effort to curb the rising COVID-19 cases that overwhelm the health system.
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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa imposes ten-day nationwide lockdown in Sri Lanka in a effort to curb the rising COVID-19 cases that overhelm health system.
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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa imposes a ten-day nationwide lockdown in Sri Lanka in an attempt to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
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Prime Minister Naftali Bennett receives his third "booster" dose of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as Israel expands its booster dose campaign eligibility to people over the age of 40.
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Serbia begins to administer booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for immunocompromised people, healthcare workers, people over the age of 70, people who frequently travel abroad, and people who have previously received their second dose at least six months ago.
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Sri Lanka's National Medicines Regulatory Authority approves the use of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine, becomimg the second vaccine to be avaliable for general public.
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Sri Lanka's National Medicines Regulatory Authority approves the use of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine, becoming the second vaccine to be made available for the general public.
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Sri Lanka's Civil Aviation Authority bans all flights to and from the United Kingdom beginning on December 23.
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Sri Lanka's Civil Aviation Authority bans all flights to and from the United Kingdom, effective December 23 until further notice.
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Sri Lanka's Civil Aviation Authority bans all flights to and from the United Kingdom beginning on December 23 to prevent a new strain of SARS-CoV-2 from spreading to the country.
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Sri Lanka holds parliamentary elections after the parliament was dissolved by president Gotabaya Rajapaksa in March. Originally scheduled to be held in April, the election was postponed twice due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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Sri Lankan voters head to the polls to elect a new president. Although 35 candidates are running, the main frontrunners are former Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa of the right-wing Sri Lanka People's Front and current Minister of Housing and Construction Sajith Premadasa of the centre-right United National Party.
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Sri Lanka orders COVID-19 booster shots for frontline workers, tourism industry
2021
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday ordered frontline workers and tourism staff to be given a third booster shot of COVID-19 vaccine next month, part of a bid to reopen the travel industry and revive the economy.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa orders security personnel and health care and tourism industry workers in Sri Lanka to receive a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine beginning on November 1 in order to revive the economy and specifically the tourism industry due to the effects of the pandemic.