Vaccination is the only solution - President Gotabaya Rajapaksa

Gotabaya Rajapaksa said that the vaccination is the only solution to stop the spread of Covid-19 . He said that the  government has made arrangements to import four of the COVID-19 vaccines currently approved by the World Health Organization .

 

The first imported AstraZeneca vaccine has been administered to 925,242 people. A total of 650 new COVID-19 patients were reported on Sunday and now the  total number of cases in the country to 101,236, the Government Information Department said.

 

Schools

 

The Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians requested the authorities to close all schools in the island temporarily with immediate effect for at least a period of two weeks initially considering this current scenario and trend of escalating COVID spread. Prof. Vasantha Devasiri, President of the Sri Lanka College of Pediatricians said schools must close.

 

“Our child population is one fourth of the country's total population. Keeping them at home for a while is likely to have a significant impact on containing the spread of the disease,” Dr. Devasiri said.