Notable
How it happened in the Ampara area is still a question
New beds will not be able to keep pace with growing numbers of patients, doctors warned
“We recommend that people be confined to their homes for at least two weeks to contain the spread."
Almost all prisons in Sri Lanka are overcrowded making it impossible for the authorities to control an outbreak within.
Sri Lanka so far has detected two variants of concern, the Alpha and Delta strains, spreading in the community.
"We saw the same thing happened in April this year when restrictions were relaxed as case numbers dropped."
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| UK Pound | 443.7468 | 438.3450 |
| Euro | 372.5204 | 371.0168 |
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| Aus Dollar | 233.0533 | 231.1659 |
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| UAE Dirham | 90.3209 | 90.0766 |
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