President wants all persons over 30 years in WP inoculated before July 31

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed the health sector to vaccinate all the persons over 30 years in the Western province before July 31.

The President’s Media Division said that 60% of the people in the relevant age category in Colombo, Gampaha and Kalutara districts have been so far been given the first dose of vaccine.

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 receipt of vaccines that have been ordered, it said in a statement.

The President gave these instructions at a meeting held at the Presidential Secretariat on Friday morning with the Special Committee on COVID-19 Control on the vaccination drive and future operations.

The President also 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.