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Presidential spokesman Ibrahim Hood said Tuesday that President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has received a request from Sri Lanka to look into the possibility of allowing such burials. There was no immediate confirmation from Sri Lanka of such a request. Sri Lankan prisons are highly congested, with more than 26,000 inmates crowded in facilities with a capacity of 10,000. Unrest has been growing, with prisoners demanding better facilities and care as COVID-19 cases increase. โ Taiwan has set a goal to vaccinate 60% of its population with a COVID-19 vaccine, or 15 million people, a health official said Tuesday.
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The island will prioritize frontline health workers and essential personnel to receive the vaccine first, Yang said. The officials spoke Monday at a George Washington University Hospital event Monday to launch the vaccination of health care workers in the nationโs capital. ___TORONTO โ Canada has administered its first doses of COVID-19 vaccine. Ontario received 6,000 doses of Pfizerโs COVID-19 vaccine Sunday night and plans to give them to about 2,500 health-care workers. Andrew Cuomo called the first shot given in the stateโs campaign to vaccinate front line health care workers.