Dr. Jeewandara urges people to be vigilant regarding Mount Omicron

Dr. Chandima Jeewandara, the Director of the Department of Immunology & Molecular Medicine at Sri Jayewardenepura, on Saturday urged Sri Lankans to continue to remain vigilant of the pandemic situation as global concerns mount over the highly mutated COVID-19 variant Omicron.

Speaking on the newly-detected SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern, Dr. Jeewandara said there are few cases in the world where people were infected despite being vaccinated against the virus.

We cannot prevent a virus strain from entering Sri Lanka forever.” Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 is the only strain still spreading in Sri Lanka, Dr. Jeewandara added.