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Sri Lanka COVID 19

Muslim Covid burials issue: First bodies to be buried in Ottamavadi in Batticaloa

Today’s burials bring to an end the long drawn out campaign by the Muslims and some Christian groups for the right of ...

March 5, 2021 3 min read

No PCR testing where vaccinations are taking place - Dr Herath

The reduction of PCR tests is due to the drop in the number of Covid 19 patients because of extensive control of cluster...

March 4, 2021 2 min read

Muslim burials issue: Iranativu islanders don’t want Covid 19 dead buried in their backyards

Residents of the island of Iranativu off the Gulf of Mannar are protesting against the decision announced yesterday by t...

March 3, 2021 3 min read

Marikkar accuses officials of dragging their feet on the burial of Covid dead

The opposition is slamming officials for dragging their feet on the issue of burials for the remains of people who die o...

March 1, 2021 2 min read
Sri Lanka confirms 2,269 Coronavirus patients, Covid-19 deaths climb to 29

Sri Lanka Medical Association had warned of a rise in deaths

Sri Lanka confirms 2,269 Coronavirus cases, Covid-19 deaths 24

By the end of the day on May 13, 26,126 Coronavirus patients were under medical care after 1,145 were discharged.

Cremation of Muslim victims of Covid 19, community leaders hope Govt. will allow burials

Sri Lanka’s Muslim minority is still hopeful that the government will lift the order for the mandatory cremation of th...

November 11, 2020 3 min read
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Opposition questions the import of Antigen tests for Covid “without due process”

Opposition politicians are accusing the government of permitting the import of Rapid Antigen test kits to Sri Lanka with...

November 11, 2020 2 min read

PCR tests have cost more than LKR42mn – Presidential Secretariat

The President’s Office has released the accounts for the Covid Fund showing that the most expensive item the fund has ...

November 11, 2020 1 min read
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Sri Lanka Coronavirus deaths rise to 41, another home death, 430 new Covid-19 cases

Sri Lanka has found 05 Coronavirus deaths including a resident of an elders' home taking the total to 41 and confirmed a...

November 10, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka reports 4 new Coronavirus deaths, elders home inmate dies

Sri Lanka has reported four new Coronavirus deaths on November 04, including an inmate of an elders' home, taking the to...

November 10, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka Covid-19 total tops 14,000, Coronavirus isolation for Kandana, Mahabage

Sri Lanka has placed Kandana, Mahabage police areas in Gampaha district under Coronavirus isolation as 354 new cases we...

November 9, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka finds 510 new Coronavirus cases, Covid-19 deaths go to 35, public cautioned

Sri Lanka has found 510 Coronavirus cases and another person died taking total Covid-19 deaths to 35, official data show...

November 9, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka state labs can do more tests, raise productivity: GMOA

Sri Lanka's government labs should be able to do more tests with the machines available as private labs are more product...

November 8, 2020 2 min read

Residents of areas without Coronavirus curfew should try to stay at home: Sri Lanka Chief Epidemiolo...

Residents of areas where there is no Coronavirus curfew should stay at home as much as possible in the near future as th...

November 8, 2020 3 min read

Sri Lanka to lift Coronavirus curfew on Monday, some areas isolated: Army Chief

Sri Lanka's Coronavirus curfew will be lifted in Colombo, Kuliyapitiya and Kurunegala but some high risk areas would con...

November 8, 2020 2 min read
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Sri Lanka Coronavirus deaths rise to 34 with more dying at home, 445 Covid-19 cases

Sri Lanka's Coronavirus deaths rose to 34 with three deaths at home and 445 new Covid-19 cases were confirmed, official ...

November 8, 2020 1 min read

Seven inmates at the Bogambara Prison transit centre test positive for Covid

Seven inmates of a transit centre for transferring prisoners in Bogambara in have tested positive for the Covid 19 virus...

November 7, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka in multiple Coronavirus clusters as Covid-19 home deaths rise

Sri Lanka has reported 30 Coronavirus deaths with 08 home deaths and authorities are placing more responsibility on cont...

November 7, 2020 7 min read

Covid 19 outbreak at the Welikada jail probably confined to one Ward – Prison’s Chief

Sri Lankan authorities are conducting mass testing for the Coronavirus in its largest jail after at least two dozen inma...

Arjuna Ranawana
November 7, 2020 3 min read

Sri Lanka records 30th Covid death a 23-year-old Colombo resident – Health Chief

Sri Lanka recorded its 30th Covid 19 fatality late last night as the authorities scrambled to deal with an outbreak of t...

November 7, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka health ministry says country in Coronavirus Alert 3 with multiple Covid-19 clusters

Sri Lanka's Health Ministry had called for greater caution with multiple clusters coming up in Colombo and several other...

November 7, 2020 2 min read

Inmates in crowded Welikada Jail living in fear after several are diagnosed with Covid 19

A group of women detainees at the Welikada jail in Colombo are staging a protest as tensions arising from the discovery ...

Arjuna Ranawana
November 6, 2020 2 min read

Restarting economies – Bankers and Telcos must rethink strategies to help Ecommerce

The COVID-19 pandemic has facilitated lifestyle changes for most globally, and in this new normal, more and more folk ha...

Kshama Ranawana
November 6, 2020 8 min read

ICTA to introduce high-tech contact tracing for pandemic control – Chairman de Silva

Sri Lanka’s Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) will launch the new Stay Safe Digital Project on Mo...

Imesh Ranasinghe
November 6, 2020 3 min read
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Sri Lanka's Welikada prison finds Covid-19 infections among new inmates

Sri Lanka's Welidaka prison has confirmed six Covid 19 positive cases including four female inmates, who had come in fro...

November 6, 2020 2 min read