27 June 2021 08:09 pm Views - 2108
The Government had decided to administer Covid-19 vaccines for all those who will be leaving Sri Lanka to take up foreign employment from next week, Foreign Employment Bureau (FEB) media spokesman and Deputy Manager Mangala Randeniya said.
The decision was taken following instructions of Foreign Employment Promotion and Market Diversification State Minister Piyankara Jayaratne and FEB Chairman Kamal Ratwatte.
The President's atention was also drawn to vaccinate the persons who leave the country for foreign employement and the persmission was granted by the chief of Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak Task Force Army Commander Shavendra Silva.
Only the people who are scheduled to leave the country to take up foreign jobs and for those who have received their job visas and employment contract.
The FEB requested to people concerned to contact the department through 1989 to for more details. (Chaturanga Samarawickrama)