BY Pamodi WaravitaResponding to criticism of United National Party (UNP) Leader and parliamentarian Ranil Wickremesinghe, National Operation Centre for Prevention of Covid-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) Head and Army Commander Gen. Shavendra Silva said that even Wickremesinghe received his vaccination from the Narahenpita Army Hospital. The public must know that he also got his vaccination from the Army Hospital in Narahenpita. If he got his vaccine from the Army Hospital but is telling that it is wrong for the public to get their vaccination from Army-run centres, then the public must make a decision about that,” Gen. Silva said. “The responsibility for the control of the Covid-19 pandemic now lies with the NOCPCO, which has no capacity to deal with it. Therefore, it is not possible to give such powers to a body like the NOCPCO,” Wickremesinghe said.

Source: The Nation August 09, 2021 16:41 UTC