China News Service, July 12, according to Sri Lankan media reports, Sri Lanka received another 2 million doses of Sinopharm vaccine from China on the 11th. This is the largest batch of new crown vaccines that have arrived in Sri Lanka so far.
Since March, a total of 7.1 million doses of national medicine vaccines have arrived in the country, and vaccines from China have also become the main vaccines for Sri Lankans.
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa recently expressed his gratitude to China for its development and generous donation of the national medicine vaccine.
According to a report on the Sri Lankan "Pages of Colombo" website, two Sri Lankan Airlines planes carrying a total of 2 million doses of China's Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine took off from Beijing and arrived at Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake on the morning of the 11th. .
Sri Lanka’s Minister of State for the production, supply and supervision of medicines, Chana Jayasumana, also confirmed that the country has received 2 million doses of China’s Sinopharm’s new crown vaccine on the 11th, and the vaccine will be launched on the 12th.
According to reports, these 2 million doses of the new coronavirus vaccine from China are the largest batch of vaccines shipped to Sri Lanka so far.
Since China provided the first batch of 600,000 doses of vaccines on March 31, Sri Lanka has received a total of 7.1 million doses of Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccines.
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya said on the 9th that another batch of 2 million doses of China’s Sinopharm’s new crown vaccine is scheduled to arrive on July 28 and will be used for residents of Trincomalee, Batticaloa and Monaragara regions. Vaccination.
According to official statistics from the Ministry of Health of Sri Lanka, so far, nearly 3 million people in Sri Lanka have been vaccinated with the Chinese National Medicine vaccine, which has become the main vaccine for Sri Lankans.
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has publicly expressed his gratitude to China for its development and generous donation of Sinopharm vaccines.
He said, “In the face of the new crown epidemic, the World Health Organization proposed that everyone should be vaccinated, regardless of whether they are rich or poor. In this context, China’s approval of Sinopharm to produce vaccines in a country like ours is even more admirable. ."
In addition, Jaya Sumana also said that research in Sri Lanka shows that China's Sinopharm vaccine can provide a high degree of protection against stronger new coronavirus strains, such as the delta variant strain.
The research will be published this week.
Sri Lanka is currently facing the third wave of the new crown virus, and the authorities have warned that the delta variant virus is spreading.