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Sri Lanka Coronavirus deaths rise to 254, 27-year old dies

Sri Lanka Coronavirus deaths have risen by 08 to 264, with a 27-year old passing away official data showed while 749 new...

January 18, 2021 2 min read

New upgrade to hospitals increase Covid-ready beds

Rural hospitals are being upgraded with Intensive Care facilities with World Bank help

January 15, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka: PCR testing capacity at International Airport drops drastically

A shortage of automated extraction reagent kits cuts tests to 600 per day as arrivals are ramped up

January 15, 2021 3 min read

Sri Lanka Coronavirus fatalities climb to 247 with death in Battaramulla

Sri Lanka's Coronavirus total fatalities has climbed to 247 with 3 deaths being reported on January 13 and total confirm...

January 14, 2021 1 min read

Sri Lanka Coronavirus cases found so far linked to Minuwangoda cluster: Army chief

All Coronavirus cases found from in recent days have been linked to the Minuwangoda Covid-19 cluster, with some third le...

October 12, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka confirms new Coronavirus cases, two Mannar villages locked down

Sri Lanka has confirmed 61 new Coronavirus case linked to the Minuwangoda Covid-19 cluster, the state information office...

October 11, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka locks down two villages in Mannar to contain Coronavirus

Sri Lanka has locked down Periyakadei and Pattithottam villages in the Mannar area in Northwest of the island contain th...

October 11, 2020 2 min read

Anyone who met Brandix staffers after Sept 23 asked to get a PCR test

The Covid 19 Prevention Task Force is asking anyone who met a staff member from the Brandix factory in Minuwangoda after...

October 10, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka exports down 8-pct, imports down 18-pt in August 2020

Sri Lanka's exports were down 8.3 percent in August 2020 to 947 million dollars and imports fell 18.1 percent 1,298 mill...

October 10, 2020 2 min read

Tens of thousands in the Katunayake FTZ can catch Covid – Workers' Bodies

A Collective of Workers Organisations representing Garment Factory staff is warning that around 50,000 employees in fact...

October 9, 2020 2 min read

Covid second wave because Govt said it was over - Opposition

The Parliamentary Opposition is charging that the general public let down their guard against the Covid 19 pandemic beca...

Imesh Ranasinghe
October 9, 2020 3 min read

Dozens detained for breaking quarantine curfews - Police

Police have arrested 80 people for violating quarantine curfew as at 6 am this morning since the curfew was implemented ...

October 8, 2020 1 min read

The furore over the removal of MRI chief continues

Both pro-government and opposition spokesmen are questioning the removal of the Director of the Medical Research Institu...

Imesh Ranasinghe
October 8, 2020 2 min read

Parliament says no staffer is Covid positive

Sri Lanka’s Parliament is saying that reports on social media that a family member of a Parliament employee has contra...

October 8, 2020 1 min read
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Total from Minuwangoda Covid cluster goes up to 1,028 including a possible death

Doctors in the Gampaha area are investigating whether a 64-year old woman from Yakkala, who died minutes after she was a...

October 7, 2020 1 min read

Sajith: How come there is a Covid surge because government said it beat the virus

Sajith Premadasa is asking how is there a big surge in Covid 19 patients today after the government during the Parliamen...

October 7, 2020 2 min read

BREAKING – 64-year-old woman dies in quarantine centre with Covid-like symptoms

A 64-year old woman from Yakkala has died around ten minutes after she was admitted to the Galkanda Quarantine Centre w...

October 7, 2020 1 min read

Runaway Covid patient comes back to hospital

The COVID-19 infected patient who ran away from the Ragama hospital this morning (07), has been re-admitted the National...

October 7, 2020 1 min read

AL and Grade 5 Scholarship examinations will be held as scheduled - Minister

The GCE Advanced Level exams and Grade 5 Scholarship exams will be held as planned despite the Covid scare the Education...

October 7, 2020 2 min read

Use Government Ambulances to come to treatment centres Pavithra tells Covid patients

The Health Minister is appealing to people in the Gampaha and adjacent areas to avail themselves of the Department’s A...

October 7, 2020 1 min read

Brandix Covid cluster reaches 707 patients as police clarify curfew areas - officials

Police headquarters has issued a clarification saying that Quarantine Curfews have been declared in the Gampaha, Divulap...

October 6, 2020 2 min read

Final decision on GCE AL and Grade 5 scholarship exams tomorrow – Keheliya

The government will make a final decision whether the Grade Five Scholarship examinations and the GCE Advanced Level exa...

October 6, 2020 1 min read

MRI Director Dr Jayaruwan Bandara demoted and deputy appointed as head

Sri Lanka’s Health Ministry has demoted the head of the premier research institute responsible for Covid testing and a...

October 6, 2020 2 min read

Covid 19 update: Minuwangoda cluster numbers go up to 321 all garment workers

The number of Covid 19 positive cases detected at the Brandix plant at Minuwangoda has risen to 321 with 220 new patient...

October 6, 2020 2 min read