The consignment of 500,000 Sinopharm vaccine doses arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake, a short while ago today (26).
The arrival of the vaccines coincided with the Vesak full moon day.
This is the second consignment of vaccines gifted by China.
The SriLankan airlines flight UL869 carrying 500,000 doses had departed Beijing at 07.45pm Beijing time yesterday (25).
(Mirror)