Sri Lanka seeks $100 million assistance from IMF for COVID-19 vaccination
The Hindu
The bulk of the local vaccinations had come from the Chinese Sinopharm with 26 million doses being received so far
An announcement was made on September 22 saying that Sri Lanka has decided to ask for a $100 million loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to procure 14 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and finance other vaccination programme related costs.
“Minister of Health Keheliya Rambukwella had proposed that Sri Lanka obtain the additional loan grant of $100 million under the programme of strategic preparation and response to COVID–19," the government said in a statement.
The IMF has agreed to grant a supplementary loan of $100 million to assist Sri Lanka's COVID-19 response, it added.
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