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Sri Lanka COVID 19

Sri Lanka Coronavirus cases surge to new daily high of 1,451, six Covid-19 deaths

April 28, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka confirms over 1,000 Coronavirus cases as Covid-19 controls tightened

"Earlier one or two got infected from one person, this time five or six seems to be contracting the virus."

April 28, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka shuts schools in Western, Wayamba provinces

Other provinces to remain open, 952 new cases on Monday

April 26, 2021 1 min read

Sri Lanka bans public events, parties to contain Covid-19 wave

Sri Lanka's government halts all state functions and invokes Covid-19 quarantine regulations to ban private functions to...

April 25, 2021 1 min read
Questions over suspected fungus case in Sri Lanka: GMOA official

How it happened in the Ampara area is still a question

Sri Lanka doctors call for 14-day lockdown, Covid-19 deaths spiral up

New beds will not be able to keep pace with growing numbers of patients, doctors warned

Controversy rages over PHI’s claims over Atalugama Covid infections

Local residents in Atalugama are disputing claims by the Public Health Inspectors Union (PHIU) that they are not coopera...

December 16, 2020 2 min read
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Sri Lanka Peliyagoda fish-market to re-open on Dec 16 under Covid-19 rules

A fish-market in Peliyagoda north of Sri Lanka's capital Colombo, which was the epicentre of a Coronavirus cluster that ...

December 15, 2020 1 min read

People who refuse PCR Tests can be charged - Police spokesman

Sri Lanka’s Police Spokesman is saying that a person who refuses a PCR test can be charged with maliciously spreading ...

December 14, 2020 2 min read
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Mourning dead Muslim infant who was cremated

Activists today Saturday, December 12, tied white cloths to the gates of Sri Lanka’s biggest graveyard in protest agai...

December 12, 2020 1 min read
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Isolation orders for six areas in Colombo lifted – Army Chief

Six housing complexes in inner-city Colombo which had been declared no-go zones over Covid 19 infections have been relea...

December 12, 2020 1 min read

ADB starts US$9bn Covid-19 vaccines fund for Asian developing countries

Manila-based Asian Development Bank said it had started a 9 billion US dollar fund to help member countries buy vaccines...

December 11, 2020 2 min read

“Muslims are protesting by not consenting to cremations” – Shreen Saroor

Sri Lanka’s Muslims are not abandoning the remains of their relatives who died of Covid 19 but are not cooperating wit...

December 10, 2020 3 min read
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Health authorities cannot accept responsibility for anti-Covid potion - Epidemiologist

Chief Epidemiologist Dr Sudath Samaraweera said that the health authorities cannot accept responsibility for a large num...

Imesh Ranasinghe
December 9, 2020 4 min read

Anti-Covid potion draws tens of thousands in Kegalle as danger looms

Tens of thousands have gathered at a temple in the Hettimulla area in the Kegalle district today as 5,000 free samples o...

Arjuna Ranawana
December 8, 2020 5 min read
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Brandix workers probably got Covid from a foreign source - Minister

Sri Lanka’s Minister tasked with dealing with the Covid 19 pandemic Dr Sudharshini Fernandopulle believes that staff a...

December 7, 2020 2 min read
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Sri Lanka Coronavirus isolates Hunupitiya, Cinnamon Garden sections, more areas released

Sri Lanka is isolating Hunupitiya Grama Niladari division in Slave Island, sections of Cinnamon Gardens and Wellawatte p...

December 6, 2020 1 min read

Covid-19 Sri Lanka deaths rise to 137, two home deaths in Bandaragama

Sri Lanka has confirmed seven Coronavirus deaths on December 05 including two Covid-19 home deaths from the Bandaragama ...

December 6, 2020 1 min read

HRCSL faults the authorities for the Mahara Prison deaths

Sri Lankan authorities are being faulted by the country’s Human Rights Council for the deaths of eleven inmates at the...

December 5, 2020 3 min read

Sri Lanka to welcome tourists from countries which will vaccinate citizens

Sri Lanka will admit tourists from countries which will begin to vaccinate their populations using a WHO-approved plan t...

December 4, 2020 2 min read
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Activists call for “impartial” probe into Mahara Prison deaths

Human Rights activists are demanding a full and impartial investigation into the death of eleven prisoners at the Mahara...

December 3, 2020 2 min read
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Four reported dead after violence at the Mahara Prison

At least four people have reportedly died after Prison officials opened fire after inmates at the Mahara Prison became r...

November 30, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka passes the 100-mark in Covid deaths as total dead comes to 107

Sri Lanka passed the 100-mark in Covid 19 related deaths last night with eight new deaths reported yesterday the Nationa...

Chanka Jayasinghe
November 28, 2020 5 min read

India asks MR to lead a regional initiative on Covid economic recovery

An Indian envoy has urged the Sri Lankan Prime Minister to initiate a discussion among countries in the region to develo...

November 28, 2020 2 min read

Ex-CID Chief Shani Abeysekara being transferred to IDH - Officials

The former Director of the Criminal Investigation Department SSP Shani Abeysekara is being transferred to the Infectious...

November 27, 2020 2 min read

HRCSL wants burial to be permitted for Covid 19 victims

The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) is asking the government to amend the regulations governing the disposa...

November 26, 2020 3 min read
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