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Fourth MP tests positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka's spiralling third wave

Premadasa, Bandara and a number of other MPs from the SJB have not taken the COVID-19 vaccine

May 25, 2021 1 min read

Sri Lanka to import 120,00 litres of liquid oxygen to meet surging demand

The plan is to maintain an adequate and secure stock of liquid oxygen in the island, the minister said.

May 25, 2021 1 min read

Sri Lanka's daily Coronavirus tests plunge, lockdown extended

Daily tests have come down to 17,000 from 25,000

May 25, 2021 2 min read

Bahrain latest country to ban inbound passengers from COVID-hit Sri Lanka

Singapore, Kuwait, Italy, Dubai and the Maldives have also slapped a travel ban on Sri Lanka till May 31.

May 24, 2021 1 min read
AstraZeneca second shot at 12-weeks gives same antibody levels as 4-weeks: Sri Lanka study

A study done by the Allergy, Immunology and Cell Biology Unit, University of Sri Jayewardenepura

Sri Lanka's Neelika Malavige at WHO Covid-19 advisory committee

The advisory group is composed of 10 experts

Weligama mayor accuses media of invading COVID-19 patient's privacy, bans unauthorised entry into pr...

Weligama Mayor Rehaan Jayawickreme has banned the unauthorised entry of media personnel into the private property of sus...

May 9, 2020 4 min read

Sri Lanka bringing home migrant workers, students who want to repatriate

Sri Lanka is looking to repatriate citizens currently overseas by prioritizing them in an objective way, and this week a...

Arjuna Ranawana
May 9, 2020 4 min read

SJB asks Jasinghe to reveal how many PCR tests were done on VIP staff

The Opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) has filed a Right to Information request to the Director-General of Health S...

May 8, 2020 2 min read

Kurunegala Hospital Chief removed due to alleged failure to prepare for COVID 19

The government has removed the head of the Kurunegala Teaching Hospital (KTH) because he has allegedly failed to prepare...

Arjuna Ranawana
May 8, 2020 2 min read

More than a million can lose jobs as COVID 19 ravages the economy - experts

More than a million Sri Lankans are likely to become unemployed or underemployed as the COVID 19 crisis ravages the econ...

Arjuna Ranawana
May 7, 2020 5 min read
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Total cases upto 795 as updates are released after the nightly news

The total number of COVID 19 positive cases in Sri Lanka rose to 795 today with 23 new cases reported according to the M...

May 6, 2020 2 min read

Four patients from yesterday declared COVID 19 negative - officials

Officials are saying that the last four patients who they first believed contracted COVID 19 have tested negative for th...

May 6, 2020 1 min read

COVID 19 - Officials trying to trace how last four patients became infected

Health authorities are unsure as to how the last four patients who contracted COVID 19 got the infection, a senior healt...

May 6, 2020 1 min read

Hemas funds Sri Lanka quarantine centre at Hotel Dolphin

Sri Lanka's Hemas group said it Club Hotel Dolphin in Waikkala, run as a quarantine centre at their expense has complete...

May 6, 2020 1 min read

Navy refutes stories that it is withdrawing from public duties

The Sri Lanka Navy is debunking stories that it is to temporarily withdraw from COVID-19 prevention duties as well as ro...

May 6, 2020 1 min read
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Zoysa charges government with hiding COVID 19 deaths

Former MP Wijith Wijayamuni Zoysa is questioning whether the government is trying to cover-up the COVID-19 death count b...

Imesh Ranasinghe
May 6, 2020 2 min read

United States grants Sri Lanka US$5.8mn for Coronavirus battle

The United States has said it is giving another 4.5 million US dollars to Sri Lanka for its fight against Coronavirus to...

May 6, 2020 1 min read

Guidelines to be issued for Beauty Parlours, Barber shops to open

Beauty Parlours, Barber Saloons and similar institutions may re-open once they get certification from the Health Authori...

May 6, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka warned of Coronavirus in the community as new cases found

Sri Lanka's health minister warned that there may be infected persons in the community who do not show symptoms, while t...

May 6, 2020 5 min read

Total reported in Sri Lanka goes to 760 patients as 9 new diagnosed

The number of COVID 19 patients since the outbreak rose to 760 this evening as nine new patients were diagnosed today th...

May 5, 2020 2 min read

Soldier who collapsed in Dambulla - cause of death unknown: police

The cause of death of a soldier who died yesterday upon collapsing at the Dambulla bus terminal is still unknown, as the...

Imesh Ranasinghe
May 5, 2020 1 min read

Three new COVID 19 clusters emerge from Colombo and Kandy as 9th fatality is confirmed

Two new clusters of COVID 19 positive patients have emerged in the Colombo district and another cluster from Kandy today...

May 5, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka confirms ninth COVID-19 death as total infected rises to 755

Sri Lanka confirmed its nine death from the COVID-19 pandemic a short while ago.

May 5, 2020 1 min read

Total COVID 19 patients rises to 751 at midnight as 33 more are diagnosed

The number of COVID 19 patients rose by 33 yesterday as the eighth death from the disease was recorded, the Health Minis...

May 5, 2020 1 min read

Virus deaths top 250,000 as billions raised for vaccine push

Global deaths from the coronavirus pandemic topped a quarter-million on Monday, mostly in the US and Europe even as both...

May 5, 2020 4 min read