Sri Lanka orders Covid-19 booster shots for frontline workers, tourism industry October 22, 2021 at 01:57AM

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday ordered frontline workers and tourism staff to be given a third booster shot of Covid-19 vaccine next month, part of a bid to reopen the travel industry and revive the economy. So far Sri Lanka has fully vaccinated a little over 60% of its 22 million people.