Sri Lanka to receive another stock of essential medicines from China
Posted by Editor on October 27, 2022 - 9:01 am
Two chartered flights of essential medicines worth Rs.1.8 billion gifted by China will arrive in Sri Lanka today (October 27).
The Chinese Embassy in Colombo said the move came in a bid to support Sri Lanka in overcoming the medicine shortage.
The Embassy noted that in June and September this year China donated medicines amounting to Rs.1.2 billion.

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