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Sep 06, 202108:09 AM
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Sri Lanka has received another consignment of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine today (06).

 

Ada Derana reporter said that 92,430 doses of the Pfizer vaccine purchased by the State Pharmaceuticals Corporation (SPC) were delivered this morning. 

 

The vaccine consignment had arrived onboard Qatar Airways flight QR-668 which had landed at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) at around 2.30 a.m. today.

 

It was then transported from the airport to the special refrigerated storage facility at the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) in Narahenpita.

 

Sri Lanka had previously received a delivery of 76,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine on August 23 while the country also received 100,000 doses of the US-manufactured Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines on August 09 and August 16.

 

Another consignment of 124,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine had been received on August 30. 

 

 

 

 

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