COVID booster dose for senior citizens...

November 17, 2021

Sri Lanka began rolling out the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine as the booster dose to people aged 60 years and above today (November 17). At present, this vaccination program is carried out in the Western and Southern provinces as well as in Anuradhapura and Ampara districts. The third dose is given to senior citizens, who have completed 03 months after receiving the second dose of the COVID vaccine.

Captured by - Sanjeewa Lasantha

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