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Isolated/locked down areas in Sri Lanka to control Coronavirus (May 21)

Mullativu added from 2300 hours May 17

May 18, 2021 12 min read

Sri Lanka re-imposes curfew-style Covid-19 controls from May 21, 2433 cases confirmed

There will be a break on May 25

May 17, 2021 2 min read

Only cargo flights from India have landed in Sri Lanka since COVID-19 travel ban: official

Sumanasekara added that flight radar does not give passenger details.

May 17, 2021 2 min read

Chairman of Laksala, Salusala Sri Lanka Pradeep Gunawardena dies of COVID-19

Gunawardena was receiving treatment at the Sir John Kotelawala Defence University hospital at the time of death.

May 17, 2021 1 min read
Sri Lanka volunteers take charge in digitally memorialising COVID-19 victims

To date, 13,229 lives have been lost to the disease: each of them a unique human being with their own stories.

18-19-year-olds in Sri Lanka to get Pfizer-BioNTech jab from October 21

So far, 14,668,212 Sri Lankans have received at least one dose of a vaccine.

Sri Lanka negotiating an extension of an amnesty for workers in Kuwait

Sri Lanka is trying to negotiate an extension of an amnesty being given to Sri Lankan workers in Kuwait who have lost th...

April 26, 2020 3 min read

WHO warns over Covid 'immunity passports' as global death toll tops 200,000

The global death toll in the novel coronavirus pandemic soared past the grim 200,000 milestone on Sunday, as the World H...

April 26, 2020 5 min read

New rules for businesses and citizens as curfew is lifted on May 4

- All Departments, Corporations, Private companies, retailers must open on May 4 at 10 am - Only one-third of staff to ...

April 25, 2020 2 min read

Man nabbed attempting to cross districts posing as doctor: police

A man was arrested in Matara today for attempting to cross districts amid the COVID-19 curfew, posing as a doctor, polic...

Imesh Ranasinghe
April 25, 2020 1 min read

Twenty new COVID-19 cases in Sri Lanka today, bringing the total up to 440

Twenty new confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported in Sri Lanka today, moving the total up to 440, the Ministry of Hea...

April 25, 2020 2 min read

Buddhist Monks advise President not to reconvene Parliament

A group of leading Buddhist Monks are endorsing President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s decision not to reconvene the recently ...

April 25, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka to test dog for Coronavirus

Sri Lanka is testing a dog for Coronavirus after it developed symptoms similar to Covid-19, in a areas where there were ...

April 25, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka sees Covid infections rise among quarantine workers amid calls for change in testing strat...

Sri Lanka has not taken decision to allow private sector labs to conduct Coronavirus tests, while a philosophy against v...

April 25, 2020 4 min read

Islandwide curfew lifted on Monday at 5 am travel restrictions for high-risk areas

The islandwide curfew will be lifted on Monday,  April 27 at 5.00 am Police Headquarters announced with conditions impo...

April 25, 2020 1 min read

COVID 19: Number of cases 47, total 415 as Navy Sailors take virus to hometowns

Navy sailors on home leave have tested positive for the coronavirus in five different localities which had hitherto not ...

April 24, 2020 1 min read
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Sixty more Navy Personnel confirmed COVID 19 positive today total 409

Thirty more Sri Lanka Navy personnel in the Welisara Navy camp have tested positive for COVID 19 bringing the total in t...

April 24, 2020 2 min read

Welisara navy camp declared isolated area: Navy spokesman

The Welisara naval base has been declared isolated, with the entire camp closed off to the world outside, Navy Spokesman...

Imesh Ranasinghe
April 24, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka locks down Navy camp, villages after sailor Coronavirus cluster balloons amid testing gap

Sri Lanka has locked down a Navy camp and home village of a sailor after a surge of infections at a barracks where sailo...

April 24, 2020 4 min read

Huge surge in COVID 19 patients as 30 Navymen test postive at Welisara

Sri Lanka has had the biggest surge in new COVID 19 cases today April 23, after 30 Navy personnel at the huge Welisara c...

Arjuna Ranawana
April 23, 2020 2 min read

Fmr Speaker : "I will not create another crisis by summoning Parliament"

The Constitutional Council (CC) is calling on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to obtain the views and suggestions of the pa...

April 23, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka should allow active, targeted, voluntary Coronavirus tests on high risk groups as curfews ...

Sri Lanka should shift from only testing contacts of index cases that turn up with symptoms and relax current controls o...

April 23, 2020 6 min read

Constitutional Crisis looms as poll date goes beyond three months of dissolution

Constitutional experts are saying that because the President is accountable to Parliament it is vital that the House be ...

Arjuna Ranawana
April 23, 2020 4 min read

Navy tracing the contacts of the Sailor with COVID 19

The Sri Lanka Navy is conducting tracing within the navy for the contacts of the Navy Sailor who was tested positive for...

Imesh Ranasinghe
April 23, 2020 2 min read

COVID 19 : Police issue strict guidelines for delivery staff

The police are issuing strict guidelines for all delivery agents throughout the country from the daily bakery tuk-tuks t...

April 23, 2020 2 min read

Barber shops closed, only 2 passengers in a 3-wheeler among conditions imposed to prevent COVID 19

Sri Lanka imposed conditions on businesses that are open to ensure social distancing limiting the number of people who c...

April 22, 2020 2 min read