Samagi Jana Balawegaya MP Harin Fernando has opted out of the vaccination programme for MPs requesting the government to give priority to the public.

All Parliamentarians were informed to be present at the Army Hospital today to be vaccinated for COVID19.

MPs were among the first group of the public to be vaccinated after healthcare workers and military forces.

Fernando, in a tweet, said he would only get the vaccine once at least 1 million people in the country are vaccinated.