7 million 'Sputnik V' Covid-19 vaccines expected to arrive in SL soon

7 million ‘Sputnik V’ COVID-19 vaccines produced by Russia is expected to arrive in Sri Lanka soon, said the the National Operations Centre for the Prevention of COVID-19 (NOCPC).

 

The use of the vaccine has been approved by the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) of Sri Lanka in March.

 

Russia’s Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Senior Advisor to the President, Lalith Weeratunga has also discussed the possibility of getting the first batch of the ‘Sputnik V’ vaccine as a gift.

 

Source : Newswire