Flight carrying first consignment of COVID Oxford AstraZeneca vaccines touches down at BIA

28 January 2021 12:01 pm

An Indian Airlines Flight AI 281 carrying 500,000 Oxford AstraZeneca vaccines donated by India landed at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) a short while ago.

This is the first consignment of Oxford - AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines to have arrived in Sri Lanka.

The consignment packed in 42 boxes was received by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Airport