Indian Coronavirus vaccines arrive in Sri Lanka

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Coronavirus vaccines gifted by India arrived in Sri Lanka today in a special Air India flight.

Under the Government of India’s #VaccineMaitri, India has gifted 500,000 doses of made in India COVISHIELD vaccines to Sri Lanka.

The consignment was transported in a special Air India flight and packed in tailor-made boxes for the purpose.

Oxford-Astrazeneca’s COVISHIELD vaccine is manufactured by Serum Institute of India. This has been approved for emergency use by Government of Sri Lanka.