• The spent amount is 23% of the total amount of funds received

The President’s office says 23% of the Itukama funds have been spent and the rest will be spent for the Covid vaccination drive.  

According to a post shared on social media last week based on information obtained through a Right to Information application, it was revealed that only six percent of the funds had been utilised so far.  
However, the President’s office said that the total amount credited to the fund was Rs. 1,752,402,793.24, out of which Rs. 391,479,824.00 had been utilised so far.   

“The spent amount is 23% of the total amount of funds received,” the President’s office said in a statement.  

The President’s office also gave a breakdown of the funds used so far:  

➢ PCR test related expenses -  
Rs. 42,605,812.00  
➢ For awareness campaigns -  
Rs. 67,543,967.00  
➢ ‍Expenditure on quarantine centres and related procedures -  
Rs. 38,031,065.00  
➢ Administrative expenditures -  
Rs. 3,000.00  
Amounts to be paid  
➢ Vaccination related expenses -  
Rs. 41,545,980.00  
➢ For the purchase of 10 ambulances -  
Rs. 194,000,000.00  
➢ To purchase ICU beds -  
Rs. 7,750,000.00  

Total amount paid and due - Rs. 391,479,824.00

  
All these expenditures were borne by the Ministry of Health and the Army Headquarters. The public, several local institutions as well as Sri Lankan expatriates made donations to the fund.