Another one million Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccines were brought to the Katunayake International Airport by a SriLankan Airlines flight this morning (2), SriLankan Airlines Media Manager Deepal Perera said.
The consignment was brought to Katunayake Airport at 4.30 am on SriLankan flight UL-869 from Beijing, China.
The stock of vaccines was then stored at the Katunayake Airport Import Cargo Division refrigerator and later transported by the Sri Lanka Pharmaceuticals Corporation to its Central Warehousing Complex in Colombo by refrigerated lorries.
(Text and pix by T K G Kapila, Katunayake)
A Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the No. 72 squadron has crashed into the Madhuru Oya reservoir this morning, Air FOrce Media Spokesman Eranda Geeganage said.
Update: Five of the twelve passengers on board the bell 212 aircraft that crashed into the Maduru Oya today, have succumbed to their injuries, the SLAF said.
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