This survey is conducted by the Institute for Research & Development in Health and Social Care (www.ird.lk).

Instructions for completing the questionnaire:

Please participate in this survey if you have received the COVID-19 vaccine.

The data provided by you will be used for the sole purpose of assessing the side effects experienced by the public after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine and your identity will be anonymized.

The results of this survey will be given to the Ministry of Health and National Operation Center for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak.

It does not take more than 15-20 minutes to complete this survey.

This questionnaire consists of several types of questions.

When responding to the questions, please choose your answer from the given options and in case where descriptive answers are expected, please write down your answer in the space provided.

We would like to thank you for spending your valuable time on this survey.

Information about the survey:

This study lead by Prof. Athula Sumathipala (Institute for Research & Development in Health and Social Care)

This survey comes under the public health surveillance category, conducted during epidemics, emergencies and disasters to gather health-related data needed for the planning, implementation, and evaluation of public health practice. Because of this reason according to the World Health Organization guidelines, ethical approval is not required for this survey.

Your thoughts would be extremely helpful to enhance the current practices and procedures followed by the health care sector when controlling the prevailing COVID-19 epidemic in the country.