People seem very careless about receiving their COVID-19c, and it was reported that not enough people are coming forward to get their COVID-19 booster vaccines, officials said.

The government had provided facilities, such as establishing vaccine centers around the country and importing a variety of COVID-19 vaccines to control the spread of the coronavirus, especially for the Omicron variant.

Every time the government requested people to get their vaccine doses, even for the booster doses, people seemed to not care. Recent vaccination programs have reached 98 percent of the population with the first and second doses, easing travel restrictions.

If people got their booster vaccines without being late, they would be able to celebrate the upcoming New Year festivals without any fear, "Minister said.

While rejecting rumours regarding the expired COVID-19 vaccines, the Minister claimed that no expired vaccine doses were issued. All the vaccines were imported within the period of their expiration, and most of the vaccines expired after one and a half years. (Chaturanga Samarawickrama)