A post indicating of a decision of Gotabhaya Rajapaksa is circulating on social media reading, “President makes a historic decision that the PFIZER corona vaccine will be given away free of charge to 69 lakh Sinhala Buddhists from next January”.
When inquired about this news from the Director of President’s Media, Mr Mohan Karunaratne, he stated that the President has not taken a decision like the one mentioned in this post. He confirmed that the President had not made such a decision and that this was a completely fabricated story.