A stock of 120,000 Sputnik V vaccine doses has arrived in the island from Moscow, Russia.
NewsRadio airport correspondent said the consignment arrived onboard a plane that landed at the Katunayake International Airport at 1.52am.
The 1,450kg weighing consignment has been transported in specially designed vehicles to the central storages of the State Pharmaceuticals Corporation in Colombo.
The stock Sputnik V vaccine doses will be used to administer the second jab to residents of Kandy.
