Colombo mulls mandatory vaccine card in public places

Sri Lanka considers mandatory Covid vaccine card for those entering public places in future, according to the President’s Office. The special committee on Covid-19 control has confirmed this.
However, it states that legal advice has also been sought with regard to preventing those who have not obtained vaccine from entering public places in order to contain the spread of the virus. Health ministry also plans to replace the physical vaccination card with a mobile application.
Meanwhile, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa instructed the members of the Special Committee to take necessary steps to complete administering booster doses within the next two weeks to control the spread of Covid-19 during the upcoming festive season. 
The island nation also started rolling out the Pfizer-BioNTech booster shot for those above 30 years who have received two jabs of any Covid-19 vaccine. Since October, booster doses have been administered to front-line health workers and those above 60 years.
The country has given green light to administer the second dose for children between the ages of 16 and 19 and the first dose for all children between the ages of 12 and 15. Determined to boost tourism against the backdrop of the country is undergoing a severe financial crisis, President Rajapaksa instructed to further relax the restrictions imposed on tourism.