Sri Lankan Airline flight departs from Beijing carrying 500,000 Sinopharm Vaccine Doses

 Sri Lankan Airline flight departs from Beijing carrying 500,000 Sinopharm Vaccine Doses

Sri Lankan Airline flight departed Beijing at 19:30 hrs. on 25 May 2021 (Beijing  time) carrying 500,000 Sinopharm doses gifted by China to Sri Lanka.  This is the second consignment of vaccines gifted by China.  Previously China gifted 600,000 vaccines.

The Ambassador, Dr. Palitha  Kohona  visited the Beijing  airport on 23 May 2021  to  supervise  the  handing  over of  the  consignment  and clear  the  necessary  documents .   The  Embassy  is  closely  working  with  the  relevant  authorities  in China  and  Sri Lanka  to  procure  a further  14 million  vaccine doses  from  Sinopharm.

Embassy of Sri Lanka
Beijing

26 May 2021

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