Sinopharm responds positively to setting up vaccine refilling plant here

The senior management of the Sinopharm Group, including its chairman Liu Jingzhen, responded enthusiastically about setting up a vaccine refilling plant in Sri Lanka to take advantage of Sri Lanka’s favourable trade access in the region and beyond, Sri Lankan embassy in Beijing said in a press release.

Ambassador Dr. Palitha Kohona met Sinopharm Group representatives on 07 September 2021 to hand over a personal letter from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appreciating the uninterrupted supply of Sinopharm vaccine to Sri Lanka.

“The Chairman, Liu Jingzhen said that Sinopharm will continue to collaborate with Sri Lanka and supply vaccines. He was enthusiastic about setting up a vaccine refilling plant in Sri Lanka to take advantage of Sri Lanka’s favourable trade access in the region and beyond. He said that the Sinopharm Vaccine is being used in over 100 countries and over 50 heads of State and other high ranking officials have been inoculated with the vaccine,” the release added.

Jingzhen added that there are no recorded adverse effects to persons who have been inoculated with the Sinopharm vaccine. Ambassador Dr. Kohona also said that more than 10 million people in Sri Lanka have received their first dose of Sinophann vaccine. Ambassador Dr. Kohona recalled the historical bilateral cooperation between Sri Lanka and China and said that both countries should work together to overcome this pandemic.