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“We were promised fuel last Friday, but we didn’t get it. At this point. we don’t even have fuel to report to work...
Minister strongly denies claims of acute drug shortage.
Sri Lanka had to close down the country many times to prevent Covid-19 spreading
Only a fraction of ITUKAMA fund has been used so far.
About 100 rural hospitals are on the verge of closing down due to the lack of doctors,
5.6 billion rupees was allocated from the Treasury for the supply of medicines
Passengers must submit a laboratory PCR test taken within 72 hours prior to the time of departure.
This is amid reports of school children climbing roofs, rocks and trees to access mobile signals to study online.
The SLMA had previously warned again lifting a COVID-19 travel restriction between provinces.
LRCH Director Dr G Wijesuriya said around 70 children with COVID-19 are currently undergoing treatment at the hospital.
Rather than answering questions raised in parliament, Wanniarachchi said, she will opt for a comprehensive statement.
Sinopharm, the most widely used COVID-19 vaccine in Sri Lanka, is “conditionally approved” for inbound passengers.
“Sri Lanka is going to face the worst outbreak it had faced, in the months ahead,” he said.
A total of 455,151 have now received the second dose of AstraZeneca so far, since February 2021.
A total of 539,357 people will get their second jab of AstraZeneca starting tomorrow.
The study was conducted among 655 healthcare workers who got their first dose of AstraZeneca in February and March.
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Sri Lanka received 728,460 doses of AstraZeneca on Saturday (31) as a donation from the Japanese government.
The jabs are half of a promised 1.45 million doses to be donated by Japan through the COVAX facility.
By the month of June, 53 billion were spent as direct expenses for COVID apart from the vaccines," Treasury Secretary.
“The most convenient vaccine we were able to get, may be due to our diplomatic relationship, was Sinopham,” he said.
However, existing limitations on unvaccinated passengers will remain, the CAA said in a circular.
There is no point of having WHO approval and high effectiveness, if there is no vaccine
Tuesday (27) saw 63 confirmed deaths due to COVID-19.
Emirates Airlines made this announcement on its website in line with UAE government directives.
“Considering I’m a close contact of the police officers, I have decided to quarantine myself at home for 14 days"
The full consignment was originally expected to arrive in Sri Lanka on July 19 but kept getting pushed back.
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