Sri Lanka has received another consignment of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine today (30).
Ada Derana reporter said that a consignment of 124,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine purchased by the State Pharmaceuticals Corporation (SPC) arrived in the island this morning.
The batch of US-made Pfizer vaccines had reportedly arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) at around 2.30 a.m. onboard Qatar Airways flight QR-668.
It was then transported from the airport to the special refrigerated storage at the National Blood Transfusion Center, 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. – ada derana
