China donates another 1.6 million Sinopharm vaccine doses

Wednesday, July 28, 2021 - 01:05

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?China donated another 1.6 million doses of the Sinopharm vaccines to Sri Lanka.The consignmentof the vaccines arrived at the Katunayake International Airport onboard Sri Lankan Airlines flights at 5.30 am yesterday. The stock of vaccines was handed over to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the President’s Office? by the Chinese Ambassador Qi Zhen Hong together with a stock of syringes.

中國又向斯里蘭卡捐贈了160萬劑國藥控股疫苗。這批疫苗已于昨日凌晨5時30分由斯里蘭卡航空公司航班運(yùn)抵卡圖納亞克國際機(jī)場。中國駐聯(lián)合國大使齊振宏在總統(tǒng)辦公室向拉賈帕克薩總統(tǒng)轉(zhuǎn)交了一批疫苗和一批注射器。

consignment ?n. /k?n?sa?nm?nt/ 1.裝運(yùn)的貨物；運(yùn)送物??a consignment of medicines 運(yùn)送的一批藥物；2.發(fā)送；投遞；遞送

Katunayake International Airport 卡圖納亞克國際機(jī)場

syringe /?s?r?nd?/ 注射器?? ?As he reached over, Azrak slid a hypodermic syringe into his left arm. 他把手臂伸過來時，阿茲拉克便將皮下注射器刺進(jìn)他的左臂。

This stock of vaccines was thereafter handed over to the health authorities for the??inoculation?of persons over the age of 30 in the North-East.

這批疫苗隨后移交給衛(wèi)生當(dāng)局，供東北地區(qū)30歲以上的人接種。

inoculation?/??n?kju?le??n/?n. [醫(yī)] 接種；接木；接插芽

The Sinopharm vaccines constitute 72% of the country’s vaccines administered so far.

迄今為止，國藥控股的疫苗占全國疫苗管理總量的72%。

President Rajapaksa thanked the Chinese Government for their immense support in boosting Sri lanka’s vaccination drive having donated 2.7 million doses so far.

拉賈帕克薩總統(tǒng)感謝中國政府對斯里蘭卡疫苗接種事業(yè)的大力支持，迄今已捐贈270萬劑疫苗。

On March 31 Sri Lanka received 600,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine, while another 500,000 doses was received on May 26th and 1.6 million doses was received yesterday.

在3月31號，斯里蘭卡收到了60萬劑國藥疫苗援助，另外50萬劑在3月26日接收，昨天接到160萬劑。

The President expressed confidence that all eligible persons over 30 could be vaccinated by the end of August, adding that tourism activities could resume by September.

總統(tǒng)表示有信心所有30歲以上符合條件的人可以在8月底前接種疫苗，并補(bǔ)充說旅游活動可以在9月前恢復(fù)。

Therefore, he invited Chinese tourists to visit Sri Lanka once the country is opened to tourists.

因此，一旦斯里蘭卡向游客開放，他將邀請中國游客到斯里蘭卡旅游。

Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi, Fisheries Minister Douglas Devananda, President’s Secretary P.B. Jayasundara, President’s Chief Advisor Lalith Weeratunge, Foreign Ministry Secretary Admiral Jayanath Kolombage, Political Officer of the Chinese Embassy Luo Chong and several others participated.

衛(wèi)生部長Pavithra Wanniarachchi、漁業(yè)部長Douglas Devananda、總統(tǒng)秘書P.B. Jayasundara、總統(tǒng)首席顧問Lalith Weeratunge、外交部秘書Jayanath Kolombage、中國大使館政治專員Luo Chong等參加了會議。

原文鏈接：http://www.dailynews.lk/2021/07/28/local/255102/china-donates-another-16-million-sinopharm-vaccine-doses