A consignment of two million doses of the Sinopharm anti Covid-19 vaccine arrived in Sri Lanka this morning (11). As mentioned by State Minister of Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals Prof Channa Jayasumana yesterday (10), the consignment arrived on board two SriLankan Airlines charter flights. This is the single largest consignment of vaccines to be received by the country so far. In addition, another 1.4 million doses of AstraZeneca will arrive within the third week of July while another stock of Sputnik V will, too, arrive within the month. Sri Lanka has received a total of 6.57 million COVID-19 vaccine doses so far, the Army Chief said.

Source: The Nation July 11, 2021 04:41 UTC