Four million Pfizer vaccines due to arrive in Sri Lanka will be allocated for school children, State Minister Channa Jayasumana said.
The move comes as part of the plans to vaccinate school children and get the schools reopened soon.
The technical committee appointed to decide on reopening of schools have recommended the reopening of schools less than 200 children.
The vaccination for children over 12 years of age is planned to be carried out in three phases with the first of the programme due to commence end of this month.
Under the first phase Children with chronic diseases will be vaccinated while the next phase will include students in G.C.E (O/L) and A/L classes. The final stage will cover children above 12 yers.
Meanwhile Sri Lanka today received another consignment of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
A batch of 73,710 doses of the Pfizer vaccine purchased by the State Pharmaceuticals Corporation (SPC) was received at the Bandaranaike International Airport.
Sri Lanka in the recent week have received around 400,000 Pfizer vaccines.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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