President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed the health sector officials to vaccinate all the people aged over 30 in the Western Province before July 31st, the President’s Media Division said today. President Rajapaksa emphasized the need to inoculate a higher percentage of people in all parts of the country before September in a systematic manner following the receival of vaccines that have been ordered. The President expressed confidence that Sri Lanka would soon receive the required amount of AstraZeneca vaccines for the second dose. Accordingly, the President instructed the health officials to make proper arrangements to provide the second dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine to all those who have received it as the first dose. The commencement of vaccination drive at the hospitals from last Monday has paved the way to provide COVID-19 vaccines to a large number of people in a short period of time.

Source: The Nation July 02, 2021 10:30 UTC