SriLankan Airlines says it has contributed to the vaccination drive of the country by bringing down 16.3 million doses of the Sinopharm vaccine from Beijing, China since March.
Issuing a statement, the Airlines said on the 6th and 7th of August, through three separate cargo flights it brought down four million Sinopharm vaccine doses.
It said the consignments helped Sri Lanka fast-track the vaccination programme.
The statement also said in addition to the vaccine doses, SriLankan Airlines also brought down one million syringes from Shanghai, China to facilitate the vaccination programme.
