(VIDEO) Multiple districts to receive Chinese jab from 08th June

COLOMBO (News 1st);  On the instructions of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa the first dose of the Chinese Sinopharm Vaccine will be administered from the 08th of June in the Matale, Nuwara Eliya, Kegalle, Trincomalee, Hambantota, Badulla, Anuradhapura, Puttlam, Ampara, Batticaloa, Moneragla and Polonnaruwa Districts.

The vaccine will be administered in Grama Niladhari Divisions with high numbers of COVID-19 cases in those respective districts, said Army Commander General Shavendra Silva.

The President had instructed to give priority to senior citizens above the age of 60, expectant mothers, and government officers when administering the vaccine, he said.