President Gotabaya Rajapaksa directs the health authorities to commence administering Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine to students aged 18 - 19 years from October 21, stated the President’s Media Division.
The children will be given the vaccine at their respective schools.
Students who have left school can get their vaccines from area Medical Officer for Health Departments.
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18-19 year olds to get jab from Oct 21
The vaccination of schoolchildren in the age group of 18-19 years will take place from Thursday, October 21. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa instructed the health and education sector authorities to provide all children with the opportunity to be vaccinated at the school where they are studying.
The President made these remarks during the meeting of the Special Committee on COVID-19 Control held through video conference this morning (08).
The President emphasized that vaccination programmes in each school should be done under the supervision of a doctor. The children in that age group who have left school would be vaccinated by the medical officers attached to the Health Office in the area.
It was revealed that 100% of the population over the age of 60 and 98% of the population over the age of 30 has been vaccinated. The President also instructed the relevant officials to take steps immediately to vaccinate those who are in the age group of 20-30.
More than 10,000 children with congenital diseases between the ages of 12 and 19 have been vaccinated so far. The Provincial Directors of Health Services stated that vaccination of these children will be carried out continuously in all hospital clinics in the country.
The COVID-19 Control Committee decided that the existing inter-provincial travel restrictions should remain in place until October 21. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa extended his thanks to all parties, including the health and security sectors who contributed to the success of the vaccination drive.
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