• Intermediate treatment centres set up in several major cities
• Vaccines ordered to provide both two doses to all over 18 years before September

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed the Heads of Health Services not to allow any patient coming to hospitals with COVID-19 symptoms to be inconvenienced, a statement from the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.  

The statement said there had been an increase in the number of patients being treated at hospitals in several major cities including Colombo due to COVID-19 symptoms. The President emphasised that they should not be inconvenienced due to the congestion that occurred in diagnosing such patients. 

Intermediate treatment centres have been set up in several major cities since a few months ago. The centres were designed with the objective of preventing infected people from being inconvenienced in any emergency situation. Therefore, the President pointed out the need to refer those who show symptoms first to the Intermediate Treatment Centres and then to the hospitals after monitoring the patient’s condition.