SL to receive more Covid-19 jabs over the next few days – PM

by Norman Palihawadana

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said that Sri Lanka will receive sufficient stocks of the Covid-19 vaccines from multiple sources to inoculate the whole population.

The first consignment of 500,000 doses of the vaccine donated by the government of India was the initial step as more stocks are expected to arrive in the country within the next few days, the premier told The Sunday Island.

“We will then have enough jabs to cover the whole country”, he noted.

He said that some people with vested interests have even gone to the extent of slinging mud at the government for bringing down the vaccines.

Earlier, they ridiculed the government for what they called the delay in importing the Covid vaccines, he remarked.

“They have succeeded in only exhibiting their political bankruptcy, Rajapaksa said, while adding that such antics cannot fool the masses.