The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce had the privilege of having Professor Asita de Silva, Chairman of the National Medicines Regulatory Authority as the guest speaker at its monthly Committee Meeting recently.
According to Professor de Silva, the primary objective of
vaccination is to prevent death and to reduce severe disease. Healthcare
workers, elderly and those with other co-morbidities are the most vulnerable to
contact the illness, which is why these groups receive the highest priority for
vaccination.
According to WHO, over the last five weeks, the world has
seen a drop in the global numbers in infections and the number of people dying from