(UTV | COLOMBO) – Sri Lanka will import 5 million doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine this year.
State Minister of Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals, Professor Channa Jayasumana said the Government expects to receive the first consignment in July.
Speaking during a special media briefing, he said the first batch will consist of between 300,000 to 400,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine.
The State Minister added that Pfizer-BioNTech has informed the Government that it will dispatch the first consignment by next month.
