One million doses of Sinopharm vaccines arrive in Sri Lanka
Posted by Editor on August 24, 2021 - 8:21 am
Another shipment of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines purchased by the government of Sri Lanka arrived on the island this morning (August 24).
A special cargo flight chartered by the SriLankan Airlines landed at around 5.00 am at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) carrying 1 million doses of the China-made vaccine weighing 16,887kg and packed with dry ice.
According to reports, the island nation has thus far received 15.7 million Sinopharm doses in total.
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