20 April 2021 12:00 am
By Kelum Bandara
The Government will begin the roll-out of second doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines during the first week of May, a Minister said yesterday. State Minister of Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals Prof. Channa Jayasumana told Daily Mirror the Health Ministry’s advisory panel on non-communicable diseases took this decision yesterday after an elaborate discussion.
The State Minister said this was a body comprising of all the stake holders of the health sector, and chaired by Director General of Health Services.