Sri Lanka starts vaccinating public against COVID-19

A prison officer receives the COVID-19 vaccine in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Feb. 16, 2021. Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday instructed health authorities to start vaccinating members of the general public in the country's Western Province with the Oxford Astra Zeneca against the COVID-19 virus. (Photo by Gayan Sameera/Xinhua)