SL gets first batch of Moderna COVID vaccine

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Over 1.5 million Moderna vaccines from the COVAX dose-sharing mechanism landed in Sri Lanka on Friday (16) morning.

This is the first batch of Moderna Inc.’s coronavirus vaccine to reach Sri Lanka, as US President Joe Biden begins sharing the American stockpile of shots.

Sri Lanka’s Health Ministry said the vaccines will be administered in the Kandy District.