120,000 Sputnik V doses here on Monday

Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella today stated that 120,000 Sputnik-V vaccines required to administer the second dose will be received in Sri Lanka next Monday (20).

The doses of vaccines will be used to administer the second dose of vaccine for the people who received the Sputnik V vaccine for the first dose and accordingly all those who received the first dose of the Sputnik-v vaccine in Sri Lanka will be fully vaccinated.

The Sputnik V vaccine was given to 150,000 people in the Kandy District and the senior citizens over 60 years of age in that district were given the second dose of 30,000 Sputnik vaccines received on two occasions.