More Pfizer vaccines purchased by SPC arrive in Sri Lanka

28 Dec, 2021

More Pfizer vaccines purchased by the State Pharmaceuticals Corporation (SPC) arrived in Sri Lanka today.

A consignment of 1,147,770 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) this morning (Tuesday).

The consignment was airlifted from the United States to Amsterdam and then to Sri Lanka via Dubai.

Sri Lanka is currently mostly using the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine as the third dose (booster) for those who have been administered with the first two doses.

A large number of people have already obtained the third dose but many are also reluctant. (Colombo Gazette)

Recommended For You

MR’s office accuses Obama of funding Sirisena to come to power

The office of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa today accused the?Obama administration in the US of spending?hundreds of millions of Dollars to bring into power President Maithripala Sirisena and his Government. Rohan Welivita,?Media Secretary to former President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that?former US Secretary of State John Kerry had in 2016 admitted to helping the current Government come to power. Welivita also defended?statements made by the joint opposition against two local journalists wi

05 Jul, 2018

Mangala alarmed by attacks on two Sri Lankan journalists

Finance and Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera said he was alarmed by the recent attacks on two Sri Lankan journalists who contributed to the New York Times report on massive financial misappropriation linked to the former regime in Sri Lanka. Samaraweera said that the allegations must be immediately investigated by the relevant authorities and action taken against perpetrators without fear or favour. “But I am also disturbed with the virulent personal attacks by individuals linked to the JO a

04 Jul, 2018

Collaborative action to address gender-based violence

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Ministry of Women and Child Affairs together with the High Commission of Canada to Sri Lanka, inaugurated a two-day workshop, on multi-sectoral services responding to women and girls subject to violence, today. A wide cross section of agencies, including Government ministries and departments, frontline service providers, UN agencies, Civil Society Organizations and Non-Governmental Organizations participated in the workshop focused on the coord

05 Jul, 2018

Colombo Gazette is a leading news and entertainment website, covering stories related to Sri Lanka. The content consists of text based news, photos and videos and is linked to social media websites including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, to provide a wider coverage for its stories.