Sri Lanka to receive India’s ‘gift’ of COVID-19 vaccines on January 27

India announced that it will be sending a ‘gift’ of COVID-19 vaccines to Sri Lanka next week. Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has announced, the vaccine will reach the country on January 27.

The country will be getting 500,000 doses of “made-in-India” Covishield vaccine. Sri Lanka becomes the eighth nation to receive India’s gift of COVID-19 vaccines since it began its country-wide mega immunization program on January 16.