Entry to public places barred from April 30 for people not fully vaccinated

Sri Lanka’s Minister of Health has issued a Gazette Extraordinary to prohibit people who are not fully vaccinated against Covid-19 from entering public places.

Accordingly, proof of vaccination will be mandatory effective from April 30, 2022 for visiting public places.

The gazette notification has defined a public place as “any place or a mode of transportation used in public transport to which the public have access, whether as of right or otherwise, whether on payment or not, whether on invitation or not.”

Meanwhile, an individual who has obtained the required doses of the relevant vaccination as specified by the Director-General of Health Services will be considered a fully vaccinated person.

The gazette notification also noted that this mandate is not applied to people who are not fully vaccinated against Covid-19 due to exceptional circumstances and those who are not in the age groups eligible to receive the vaccines.