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Sri Lanka COVID 19

Army chief wants corruption out of the quarantine process

“Unscrupulous elements” offering to fill hotels with foreign arrivals should not be tolerated Army Commander General...

January 13, 2021 4 min read

Vasudeva tests positive for Covid as MPs contact tracing continues

MP Vasudeva Nanayakkara has been one of the first contacts of infected MP Rauff Hakeem

January 11, 2021 1 min read

Covid 19 enters Parliament but the work will go on

Members of Parliament Rauff Hakeem and Dayasiri Jayasekara are Covid positive but officials say no disruption of duties ...

January 11, 2021 2 min read

The first Sri Lankan healthcare worker to die of Covid 19 is from Ratnapura hospital

Sri Lanka’s Healthcare system is being hit by Covid 19 infections with the first death of a frontline health worker re...

January 9, 2021 1 min read

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
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Sri Lanka has not decided on a wider Coronavirus lockdown, Brandix Covid-19 cluster being traced

Sri Lanka has not decided on a wider Coronavirus lockdown of Gampaha district or the country but contacts of the Brandix...

October 6, 2020 6 min read

Sri Lanka new Coronavirus cluster tops 100; Gampaha residents urged to stay home

Sri Lanka has so far confirmed 101 persons from a Coronavirus cluster being traced out of an apparel factory in Minuwang...

October 5, 2020 4 min read

Covid 19 cases in the latest cluster in Minuwangoda total 101 – Information Dept

Sri Lankan authorities may enforce further localized curfews and lockdowns tomorrow as the number of Covid 19 positive c...

October 5, 2020 2 min read

No plan to enforce countrywide curfew – Director-General Information

The government has no plan and no need to enforce a countrywide curfew, the Director-General of Government Information N...

October 5, 2020 1 min read

Officials say don’t panic as number infected by newest Covid cluster climbs to 84

The Health authorities are reassuring the public saying there is no reason to panic and start clearing out the shelves i...

Imesh Ranasinghe
October 5, 2020 2 min read

Seventy Covid-19 positive cases now in the Minuwangoda, Divulapitiya and Veyangoda areas - officials

The Covid Prevention Task Force is investigating three-clusters of possible Covid patients related to the dioscovery of ...

October 5, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka Coronavirus curfew widened to Veyangoda; fever patients in Gampaha urged to Covid test

Residents of Gamapaha district, bordering Sri Lanka's capital Colombo showing fever symptoms have been asked to get a Co...

October 4, 2020 3 min read

Sri Lanka hunts source of Divulapitiya Covid-19 case under curfew, public vigilance urged

Sri Lanka is tracing contacts and is hunting for the index case of a Coronavirus patient that turned up from the communi...

October 4, 2020 4 min read

Sri Lanka’s newest Covid patient has “emerged from the community” – Chief Epidemiologist

Sri Lanka is confirming that the newest Covid 19 patient that was identified last night “has emerged from the communit...

October 4, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka closes schools after Covid-19 patient found from the community

The government closed Schools and tuition classes in the Gampaha district from today as the Covid 19 Prevention Task For...

October 4, 2020 2 min read