Although there are 2.7 million population above the age of 60 in Sri lanka only 1,90,000 people have received the booster dose of Covid vaccine Director of Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health Dr. Samitha Gini states that
He also pointed out that since 80-85 percent of Covid deaths are people over 60 years of age , with the booster dose of covid, you can get rid of the complications that can cause covid deaths.
However, although there are 14 million people over the age of 20, there are about 6 million people who have not received the increased dose, Dr. Ginige points out.