Galle District Health Services Director and Regional Epidemiology Head have been transferred due to violating quarantine regulations and vaccinating people from out side the Galle district.
The Health Ministry had launched a probe into the inoculation of the 2nd dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for Colombo residents, in Unawatuna, Galle recently.
State Minister Professor Channa Jayasumana told Parliament yesterday that legal action will be taken against those found to have organized this vaccination programme.
According to Ada Derana, over 100 vehicles from the Western Province were reported to have travelled to the Galle District on Sunday (07) to obtain the 2nd dose of the AstraZeneca Covishield vaccine via a vaccination drive that had been organized at the Office of the District Director of Health Services in Unawatuna, Galle.
The vehicles are reported to have crossed Provinces at a time when an islandwide travel restriction has been enforced in the country in a bid to curtail the spread of the third wave of the coronavirus. (NewsWire)