Sri Lanka to vaccize under the 30s as a case of Covid-19 up among young people

Colombo: With young people infected with Coronavirus reaching a third of the reception of hospitals in Sri Lanka, the government has decided to extend the current Covid-19 vaccination program to include those under 30 years old, said the highest official on Tuesday.
Chairman of the Sri Lanka State Pharmaceutical Company, Dr.
Prasanna Gunasena, in interaction with reporters saying 3.5 million from a total of 21 million state populations are below 30 and given the surge in the current deadly viral infection, permission at the age of 18-29 at the age of 18- 29 years.
Group is very important.
“Nearly 30 percent of patients (coronavirus) have been received at the hospital under the age of 30,” he said.
Gunasena said the government was convinced that it could begin to vaccinate under 30 years of age population at the end of August.
“We will not wait until we vaccinate all above 30 to start vaccinations for 30 years.
At the end of August or the first week of September, our plan is to fully vaccinate around 96 percent of the 30 categories above.
At the same time we will begin to vaccinate on Down 30 around the time and ended at the end of September, “he said.
State Pharmaceutical Corporation is an agent of nodal which is a covid-19 vaccine in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lankan has vaccinated 50 percent of the population with one dose, and 13.8 percent with two doses on August 8.
Gunasena urged the public to be vaccinated on the first occasion.
“In Colombo there are around 40,000 people above the age of 60 who have not received even one vaccine dose,” he said.
Gunasena also shows that false information is spreading around certain vaccine brands.
Misleading information is circulated that some vaccine brands are not allowed abroad and the people who take the photos will not be allowed to travel abroad, he said.
Meanwhile, the police said they had started a search for those who avoid vaccination.
The local administration office of each is to collect information from every household on vaccination status.
According to the Ministry of Health, a record 111 Covid-19 death was recorded on Monday, the highest number of daily deaths so far, took the total number of pandemic deaths to 5,222.
Of the total deaths, 4,613 was reported in the ongoing third wave, which hit the nation in mid-April.
Authorities also see options to implement the total lockdown again in the island country.
“That (Total Lockdown) is one of the options, but the decision can only be taken by consideration of so many other factors,” Dr.
Hemattha Herath, Deputy Director of Health Services, said on Monday.