Category: Coronavirus

A rise in the number of Covid-19 cases can be expected after the festival but it cannot be viewed as the emergence of a third wave, Chief Epidemiologist Dr. Sudath Samaraweera said today. Dr. Samaraweera told the number of cases spiked after Christmas in December, last year, but it could not be considered the emergency […]

About 1,900 Public Health Inspectors are to be deployed countrywide to arrest errant traders selling outdated and food during the upcoming Sinhala and Tamil New Year festive season. The PHI Association has planned to conduct raids on errant traders, said Kurunegala District Senior PHI A. Jayasekara.

Random PCR and antigen tests will be conducted islandwide during the weekend and the upcoming Sinhala and Tamil New Year week, in order to prevent the further spread of COVID-19, Army Chief and Head of the National Operations Centre for the Prevention of COVID-19, General Shavendra Silva told. Silva said that unlike last time where […]

Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi stated that private tuition classes in the Western Province are permitted to restart from April 12th. Addressing the Parliament yesterday (06) the Health Minister mentioned that on the 21st of January, the Director-General of Health Services had released the guidelines necessary to re-commence tuition classes and accordingly classes can be started […]

State Minister of Primary Health Care, Epidemics and COVID Disease Control, Sudarshini Fernandopulle asserted that the vaccination process for those who received the first oxford – AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine will commence in April 19 and that about 300,000 oxford – AstraZeneca vaccines have been reserved for this purpose. The State Minister said this responding to […]

The Ministry of Health says 903,467 individuals in total have received COVID vaccines ever since Sri Lanka kicked off its inoculation drive on January 29. The Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry stated that 9,102 people were vaccinated yesterday (March 29). Sri Lanka has approved 03 COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use in the country; Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine […]

The Minister of Plantation, Ramesh Pathirana asserted that Sri Lanka will be receiving the Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccine for the Covid-19 virus tomorrow (31) and Chinese nationals living in Sri Lanka will be receiving the jab first. The Minister said this during the cabinet decision media briefing held today (30) at the Department of Government Information. […]

Labour Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva has instructed the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment to create a system integrating private hotels and resorts to provide quarantine facilities free of charge for the migrant workers who are returning to Sri Lanka. The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment notified that a total of 10 such […]

Forty-five bodies of COVID-19 victims held in various parts of the island have been buried as per guidelines, Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said. Accordingly, the issue of COVID-19 burials has now been completely resolved, he added. “There may be about one or two [bodies] remaining. They will be buried today or tomorrow once they […]

Approval given to Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine by the National Drug Regulatory Authority – Sri Lanka to receive the vaccine soon – Senior Advisor to the President Lalith Weeratunga Senior Advisor to the President Lalith Weeratunga stated that the approval has been given to Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine by the Sri Lanka National Drug Regulatory […]