50,000 additional Sputnik V vaccination doses have arrived.

According to the airport Duty Manager, 50,000 Russian-made Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccinations were delivered to the country this morning.

The immunizations were flown in from Dubai by Emirates Airlines.

The consignment was then housed in the Katunayake Airport Cargo Village's Import Sector freezer facility.

The vaccination vials were subsequently delivered to the State Pharmaceuticals Corporation's (SPC) Central Warehousing Complex in Colombo utilizing dedicated freezer trucks.