China to pump in more vaccines as Sri Lanka widens coverage
The Hindu
The move takes the total vaccines gifted by China to Sri Lanka to 2.7 million doses.
COLOMBO: China will gift Sri Lanka an additional 1.6 million doses of Sinopharm, the country's Embassy here has said, while the island nation expands it Covid-19 vaccine coverage, with the aim of welcoming tourists and urgently boosting revenue-inflow. The move takes the total vaccines gifted by China to Sri Lanka to 2.7 million doses. Additionally, Sri Lanka has procured 6 million from China so far. Another 2 million procured doses are scheduled to arrive during the third week of July, while Colombo plans to purchase a further two million in the last week of July, a spokesman of the Chinese Embassy told The Hindu. By the end of the month, Sri Lanka would have purchased a total of 10 million Sinopharm vaccines. Amid Sri Lanka’s persisting third wave of the pandemic — 1484 cases and 50 deaths reported on Thursday — President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed officials to expand vaccination coverage, his office said.More Related News
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