Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has told the United Nations (UN), Sri Lanka has made remarkable progress in controlling the spread of COVID-19.
He said that Sri Lanka recorded a very low death rate and a high recovery rate through case detection, contact tracing, quarantining and patient treatment.
"Sri Lanka's robust public healthcare system provided free access to health and helped control the pandemic. The Government also repatriated nearly 100,000 Sri Lankans and started our vaccination program in February," he said.
The Prime Minister expressed these views via a video message today while addressing the opening segment of the 77th Session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP).