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China to donate 300,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine to Sri Lanka

Abstract : China will donate 300,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to Sri Lanka to jointly fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

A
staff member checks the packaging quality of COVID-19 inactivated
vaccine products at a packaging plant of the Beijing Biological Products
Institute Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Chinese pharmaceutical firm
Sinopharm, in Beijing Dec. 25, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhang Yuwei)

The
vaccine doses are expected to be handed over to the Sri Lankan side in
mid-February after the due procedures in both ends are completed.

COLOMBO,
Jan. 28 (Xinhua) — China will donate 300,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to
Sri Lanka to jointly fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

A
statement from the Chinese Embassy in Colombo said Wednesday that China
made the decision after a recent request by the Sri Lankan government.

The
vaccine doses are expected to be handed over to the Sri Lankan side in
mid-February after the due procedures in both ends are completed, the
statement said, noting that the vaccine is manufactured by the China
National Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd (Sinopharm).

As
an inactivated vaccine, it better ensures the safety of vaccines, and
could be easily stored and transported at a regular fridge temperature
of 2 to 8 degrees Celsius, the statement said.

Sri
Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s senior advisor Lalith Weeratunga
told journalists in capital Colombo earlier Wednesday that presently the
National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) was conducting tests on
the Sinopharm vaccine and once clearance is obtained from them, this
vaccine could be used under an emergency basis.

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