Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella today defended a move to provide only one dose of Sputnik V as an expert committee had approved the plan.
Minister Rambukwella told the post cabinet news conference that Dr S.M Arnold, of the Health Ministry had headed the expert committee and included four other members.
Journalists questioned the minister as to why health authorities had got the recipients’ consent that they were agreeable to receive only one dose of the Sputnik V vaccine. People’s signatures have been obtained in this regard during the vaccination programme in Kandy.
However, Dr Hemantha Herath, Deputy Director General of Health Services on Monday (31) said he was not aware about getting recipient’s consent to obtain only one dose.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
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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