President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today directed health officials to complete the vaccination programme against COVID-19 in the Western Province by the end of the month.
Accordingly all persons above 30 should be vaccinated in the Colombo, Gampaha and Kalutara districts by July 31.
The President’s office said that the directive was given when he met with the special committee on control of the spread of COVID-19 and the vaccination programme.
The directive came as one million more vaccines imported from China arrived today while similar stocks are due in the coming weeks.
The President’s office said already in the Colombo district more than 60 per cent, in the Gampaha district 47 per cent and in the Kalutara district 34 per cent of the persons above 30 years have received the vaccine.
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.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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