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Sri Lanka COVID 19

Sri Lanka tenth best country in handling Covid pandemic

Sri Lanka is number ten in the list of countries that handled the Covid 19 pandemic most effectively with New Zealand co...

January 28, 2021 2 min read

And then she got Covid

The government's "governance by distraction" strategy takes a hit as prominent leaders who took the "Dhammika Paniya" to...

January 27, 2021 7 min read

Sri Lanka to get free Covid vaccines from India and China

The 500,000 doses of the Indian version of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine for the Covid 19 virus which New Delhi is dona...

January 26, 2021 2 min read

UN experts urge end to forced cremations of Covid dead

Three UN experts said they deplore the implementation of such public health decisions based on discrimination, aggressiv...

January 26, 2021 3 min read
Sri Lanka sees hospitalization delays as authorities scramble new Covid-19 beds

Most delays in Colombo, Kaluthara, Kurunegala, Gampaha and Matale districts.

Sri Lanka to expand Coronavirus ICU, HDU beds, non-invasive ventilation in Covid-19 wave

Total daily Coronavirus cases 1,914, domestic cases 1,860.

Sri Lanka records 15th death from Covid 19 in Kuliyapitiya

The 15th death from Covid 19 has been reported in Sri Lanka and the latest fatality is a 56 year old man who passed away...

October 24, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka Coronavirus curfew expanded in Colombo, Kalutara as Covid-19 cases hit 865 in a day - Upda...

A Coronavirus curfew in Sri Lanka capital Colombo has been widened to Maradana and Dematagoda suburbs, the state informa...

October 23, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka daily Coronavirus cases spike to 609, fishery harbours closed

Sri Lankan health authorities have identified 609 new Covid 19 patients today from Peliyagoda, Galle, Beruwala and quara...

October 23, 2020 1 min read

Government claims Sri Lanka is a “leader” in battling the Covid 19 threat

Sri Lanka is a leader in battling the Coronavirus compared to many other countries Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachch...

Imesh Ranasinghe
October 23, 2020 3 min read

Government urged to increase testing to control second wave of Covid 19

Sri Lanka should decide whether to keep the country running in a new normal situation where the Covid 19 pandemic is acc...

October 23, 2020 2 min read

Govt. should prioritize Health and Quarantine laws not Constitution - Sajith

Faced with a pandemic the government’s priority should be enacting laws to deal with the health crisis and not bring i...

October 22, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka Coronavirus curfew in Colombo suburbs as cross-infections probed in fish market

Sri Lanka has imposed curfews in Mattakkuliya, Modara, Bloemendal, Grandpass and Wellampitiya police areas, the state in...

October 22, 2020 4 min read

Sri Lanka locksdown villages in Kalutara to contain Coronavirus, daily Covid-19 total 166

Sri Lanka has locked down several villages in Kaluthara South of Colombo to contain Coronavirus the state information sa...

October 21, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka probing Kuliyapitiya Coronavirus mini-cluster, Covid-19 hit police station to be re-opened

Sri Lanka is planning to re-open a police station in the capital Colombo closed due to Coronavirus positive staffer late...

October 21, 2020 2 min read

Parliament to debate Covid crisis this week as government and opposition trade barbs

Parliament saw raucous scenes this morning as before the scheduled debate on the controversial 20th Amendment to the Con...

October 21, 2020 1 min read
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Sri Lanka suspends 72-hour PCR test requirements for departures

Sri Lanka has temporarily suspended the 72-hour PCR test prior to departures from the country due to laboratories being ...

October 20, 2020 1 min read

No idea how the first Covid patient at the Minuwangoda factory became infected - Pavithra

The country’s Health Services are yet to definitely find out how the Covid 19 virus entered the Minuwangoda-based Bran...

October 20, 2020 2 min read

Parliament should follow Covid 19 Regulations and postpone 20A debate - Opposition

Sri Lanka’s Parliamentary Opposition is demanding that sittings of the Legislature be conducted according to Regulatio...

October 19, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka epidemiological sleuths probing foreign Covid-19 link to new Coronavirus cluster

Sri Lanka's epidemiological sleuths are probing a possible foreign link to a new Coronavirus cluster that developed at a...

October 19, 2020 3 min read

Sri Lanka locksdown four villages in Matugama after Covid-19 mini-cluster, 61 new Coronavirus cases

Sri Lanka has locked down four areas in Matugama as a mini-cluster of infections were found while the total infections w...

Chanka Jayasinghe
October 18, 2020 1 min read

UNP says Sri Lanka state Covid-19 suspect TV journalist came to their press conference

Sri Lanka's opposition United National Party said a state television journalist who has been tested for Coronavirus and ...

October 16, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka journalists told to self quarantine as colleague tested for Coronavirus

A group of Sri Lanka journalists who attended a weekly government media briefing has been asked to self-quarantine after...

October 16, 2020 1 min read

Tough regulations to prevent the spread of Covid 19

Sri Lanka yesterday issued the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid 19) (Preventive Measures) Regulations gazette notificatio...

Imesh Ranasinghe
October 16, 2020 6 min read

Writ petition seeks better care for Covid 19 infected persons and close contacts

A group of public-spirited citizens have filed a Writ Petition before the Court of Appeal seeking better protection for ...

October 16, 2020 2 min read

The Colombo Municipality reassures the city that emergency services are functioning normally

Although Sri Lanka’s largest city, Colombo, is facing a Covid 19 threat, citizens of the city still carry out transact...

October 16, 2020 2 min read