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Sri Lanka temporarily halts travelers from Vietnam over COVID-19

Sri Lanka temporarily halts travelers from Vietnam over COVID-19 Xinhua
31 May 2021
  Sri Lanka;   Viet Nam

Sri Lanka to reopen airports from tomorrow for inbound travelers except from India and Vietnam

Colombo Page
31 May 2021
  Sri Lanka

One million Sinopharm doses to arrive in Sri Lanka June 6; second dose to be rolled out from June 8

Economy Next
31 May 2021
  Sri Lanka

Provision of Rs. 5000 allowance to 6 million low-income and Samurdhi families to begin from June 02

Colombo Page
29 May 2021
  Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka central bank announces credit relief for third Coronavirus wave

Economy Next
28 May 2021
  Sri Lanka

Travel restrictions to continue until June 07 without easing on 31st May and 4th June

Colombo Page
28 May 2021
  Sri Lanka

Fifty thousand doses of Sputnik V vaccine arrive, one million doses of Sinopharm Vaccine to arrive on June 06

Colombo Page
28 May 2021
  Sri Lanka;   Russian Federation

EU regulator approves Pfizer’s COVID vaccine for ages 12-15

Al Jazeera
28 May 2021
  Sweden

Government loan to travel operators extended

Government Offices of Sweden
28 May 2021
  Sweden

Turnover-based support to sole traders and trading partnerships introduced for the period March–June 2021

Government Offices of Sweden
28 May 2021
  Sweden

Government plan for phasing out restrictions

Government Offices of Sweden
28 May 2021
  Sweden

Entry ban on travel to Sweden extended, but entry restrictions from Nordic countries lifted

Government Offices of Sweden
28 May 2021
  Sweden

Sweden’s five-step plan for ditching pandemic restrictions

The Local Sweden
27 May 2021
  Sweden

Sri Lanka receives another batch of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines

Xinhuanet
27 May 2021
  Sri Lanka

About the Government’s COVID-19 measures, 21 May

Government Offices of Sweden
26 May 2021
  Sweden

Sri Lanka gets 2nd vaccine donation from China

AP News
26 May 2021
  Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka extends islandwide travel restrictions

Xinhuanet
24 May 2021
  Sri Lanka

Bangladesh Bank approves $200m currency swap with Sri Lanka - report

Colombo Page
24 May 2021
  Bangladesh;   Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan authorities impose islandwide travel restriction to prevent further spread of virus

Xinhuanet
23 May 2021
  Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Covid-19 wave to hit output, more fiscal and monetary support needed: CB

Economy Next
20 May 2021
  Sri Lanka