The COVID-19 vaccination drive would be kicked off at six hospitals in Colombo on Friday under the first stage, Deputy Director-General of Public Health Services Dr. Hemantha Herath said. He said the staff members of the National Hospital - Colombo, Colombo South Teaching Hospital, Colombo North Teaching Hospital, Homagama Base Hospital, Mulleriyawa Hospital and the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH) would be inoculated within 3 to 4 days. "The vaccination drive will be then carried out in other hospitals next week," he said.