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China’s People’s Liberation Army donated 300,000 Sinopharm vaccines to Sri Lankan Forces

August 25, 2021

China’s PLA to send Sinopharm jabs to Sri Lankan Armed Forces

People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China has donated 300,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccines to Sri Lankan military, according to a tweet from official twitter account of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Colombo.

Based on the longstanding friendship & firmest solidarity between 🇨🇳🇱🇰 and at the request of Sri Lankan military, 300,000 doses of #Sinopharm #COVID19 vaccines have been gifted by the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) and will be airlifted to Colombo on 28 August. pic.twitter.com/2yB5ys0X1G
— Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka (@ChinaEmbSL) August 25, 2021

According to the tweet, vaccines are scheduled to arrive on August 28.

🇨🇳✈️🇱🇰China's military-to-military #vaccine support.
The Chinese People's Liberation Army #PLA will gifted #SriLanka's Army 300,000 doses of #Sinopharm COVID19 vaccines on 28 Aug., which shows the longstanding friendship & firmest solidarity." Chinese Embassy @ChinaEmbSL tweeted. pic.twitter.com/FKicMfo2W8
— Shen Shiwei沈诗伟 (@shen_shiwei) August 25, 2021