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LNP – China to donate 500,000 more Sinopharm doses to Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is to receive another stock of the China-manufactured COVID-19 vaccine Sinopharm, State Minister of Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals Prof. Channa Jayasumana stated.

The 500,000 vaccine doses will arrive as a donation from the People’s Republic of China.

The Embassy of China in Sri Lanka has confirmed that the stock of vaccines will be delivered within this month, Jayasumana said.

Tyronne Jayamanne

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