The government has extended the expiry date of Pfizer the anti-covid vaccines by 03 months which was supposed to expire at the end of this month.
The Ministry of Health stated that the expiration date of the vaccines has been extended based on the recommendations of the concerned company and the World Health Organization.
Accordingly, the Director General of Health Services has also issued a circular extending the expiry period of more than 07 million Pfizer vaccines belonging to 04 categories that had been imported into Sri Lanka by 03 months.
