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COVID-19 vaccines: Sri Lanka seeks $100 million assistance from IMF

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Sri Lanka has decided to ask for a $100 million loan from IMF to procure 14 million doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and finance other vaccination program-related costs, it was announced on Wednesday. "Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella had proposed that Sri Lanka obtain the additional loan grant of $100 million under the program of strategic preparation and response to COVID 19," the government said.