If it is said that the Pfaizer vaccine was given to the youth of Hambantota because there is a port in that area, then it is appropriate to give the vaccine to Colombo as there is a port in Colombo as well, said the Media Spokesman of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Hemantha Herath.
He said this while he was responding to a query made by Dr. Prasanna Gunasena, Chairman of the State Pharmaceuticals Corporation.
However, he said that there was no problem in expressing his views to Prasanna Gunasena and that the Ministry of Health was not present at the time of the decision.
He made these comments at a press conference held at the Health Promotion Bureau.
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