The High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to Kenya Veluppillai Kananathan accepted the first consignment of 800,000 syringes and facilitated its despatch to Sri Lanka by Sri Lankan Airlines on 13 August, 2021. Representative of Sri Lankan Airlines in Kenya Ruwan Fernando and businessman Irfan Mohamed also were present at the event. During a brief ceremony held at the Nairobi Airport the CEO of the Revital Healthcare (EPZ) Ltd in Kenya Roneek Vora thanked High Commissioner Kananathan for expeditiously liaising with the authorities in Kenya for making the urgent despatch of syringes possible. The remaining syringes will be despatched next week.

This is the first time that a COVID-19 related essential item produced in Kenya is  being sent to Sri Lanka to support the current inoculation drive in Sri Lanka.