Notable
Duties imposed on sanitary napkin materials removed
Increased prevalence was associated with urban residence, socioeconomic status, obesity, and Muslim ethnicity
Sri Lankans in rural areas are severely affected with CKD
Sri Lanka is facing shortage of medical practitioners as many have opted to migrate amid economic crisis
Nu Life Biotech started construction on Carbapenem injectables manufacturing facility at pharmaceutical production zone
Several health sector unions struck work demanding a 35,000 rupee allowance given to doctors.
The Russian COVID-19 vaccine is unique in that it the two doses carry different formulae.
There is a possibility that this mutation has caused the variant to become a super delta variant
Gunawardena requested government officials and others who had interacted with him to self-isolate.
Weekly COVID-19 cases in Sri Lanka have increased by 40 percent this week.
Sri Lanka did extend the ongoing quarantine curfew on Friday (27) but only until September 6.
Weekly COVID-19 cases in Sri Lanka have increased by 40 percent this week, a WHO report said.
Authorities also confirmed 4,602 new infections for Thursday (26), bringing total cases in Sri Lanka to 412,370.
The rise in cases made Sri Lanka one of three exceptions in South East Asia which has shown a 16 percent decrease.
Sinopharm is the most widely used COVID-19 vaccine in countries like Bahrain and Sri Lanka.
So far, 55 percent of the total population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine,
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Only about six million Sri Lankans are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Of the 56 percent that had got one dose 43.91 percent was Sinopharm
Another two million doses of the Chinese vaccine is scheduled to arrive on Saturday (28), the SPC said.
8 percent had one dose
Samaraweera contracted the virus earlier this month and was receiving intensive care unit (ICU) treatment.
“Perhaps some believe they too can do something similar to how the Taliban took over after the Americans left Kabul."
Another one million doses of the Sinopharm jab are expected to arrive on Tuesday (24), officials said.
Rajapaksa called on the public to work together as a team to defeat COVID-19.
This leaves almost two days for infected people to shed viral RNA before they show any symptoms,
President Rajapaksa is expected to address the nation Friday night.
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