Data collected from 300,000 people at the initial stages of vaccination are incomplete and this can lead to serious issues, Head of the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID 19 Outbreak (NOCPCO), General Shavendra Silva says.
General Silva said yesterday that health officials should take steps to rectify the situation. Air Force personnel had been deployed to collect the necessary data from the people as well, he said.
“The issue is with the first million people who were vaccinated. This is a serious problem, given that there are about 600,000 people who have to be given the second dose of AstraZeneca,” he said.
During the same period, the Prime Minister submitted 32 Cabinet Memoranda and 16 Cabinet Notes.
This year his office also plans to publish three Coffee Table Books on the Prime Minister’s Office (Sirimathipaya), Temple Trees and Premier’s House in Nuwara Eliya highlighting its archaeological, architectural and historical importance.
In 2020, the Prime Minister also received 76,503 letters, 240,000 phone calls, 851 emails and 1,057 faxes from members of the public. 9,550 visitors also arrived at his office with various requests, the PM’s Office said. Out of these requests 8% were job requests, 10% were housing requests while 3% were on political victimization.
Premier Rajapaksa also met 12 high level foreign delegations and met diplomats on 52 occasions in the past year.
By Shamindra Ferdinando
Public interest litigation activist Nagananda Kodituwakku has requested the Supreme Court to declare 14th Amendment to the Constitution void ab initio and has no force in law. This move has come while a high profile project is underway to introduce a new Constitution,
A nine-member group led by eminent President’s Counsel Romesh de Silva is engaged in formulating a new draft Constitution.
The Supreme Court has been moved in terms of Articles 82 (6), 125 and 126 of the Constitution against the 14th Amendment enacted during J. R. Jayewardene’s tenure as the President. The 14th Amendment dealt with the National List introduced by President Jayewardene ahead of the 1989 parliamentary election.
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