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Sri Lanka COVID 19

Sri Lanka prepares for oil spill as burning X-Press Pearl spews cargo and charred debris

About half the 278 tonnes of oil on board the container vessel could spill

May 26, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka planet savers stop X-Press Pearl plastic pollution defying Coronavirus

Virgin polyethene granules are worth about 1000 US dollar a tonne.

May 26, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka Buddhist prelates call for Vesak at home amid Coronavirus

Extends wishes for a speedy recovery

May 26, 2021 1 min read

Sri Lanka's daily Coronavirus tests plunge, lockdown extended

Daily tests have come down to 17,000 from 25,000

May 25, 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

Sri Lanka new Covid wave claims two foreigners

Total cases rise to 100,000 as Sri Lankan health authorities warn of a more deadly Covid variant

April 25, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka Coronavirus isolates area in Kaluthara

Sri Lanka has locked down Adikarigama in South Kaluthara as 18 and 35 year-olds die from Covid-19 induced pneumonia

April 24, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka warned over new Coronavirus crisis as Covid-19 cases tops 900

Sri Lankans have been warned to stay home for the next two weeks as a post-New Year Coronavirus wave sent daily Covid-19...

April 24, 2021 1 min read

Sri Lanka public told to stay home, cancel celebrations 'to save your life and loved ones'

Sri Lanka is on a dangerous track as a suspected new Coronavirus variant is spreading rapidly after New Year celebration...

April 23, 2021 3 min read

Sri Lanka issues Covid-19 warning as ICU admissions rise

Sri Lanka's Health Promotion Bureau has issued a public warning of a Coronavirus breakout after the April festive season...

April 21, 2021 1 min read

Sri Lanka mulls curbing repatriation, tighter quarantine as Covid-19 cases spike

Sri Lanka may limit the number of repatriates being brought back to the country and tighten quarantine amid a surge in C...

April 17, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka shuts out Sinopharm despite Chinese gift

Sri Lanka has effectively shut the door for the Chinese-made Sinopharm jab despite Beijing’s vaccine diplomacy of maki...

April 6, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka to give second dose from April 19 with left-over stock

Sri Lanka will start giving the second dose of a Coronavirus vaccine to over 900,000 recipients of the first does from ...

April 5, 2021 2 min read
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Argentina president tests positive after getting Sputnik vaccine

Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez has tested positive for Coronavirus after getting two doses of Russia's Sputnik ...

April 4, 2021 1 min read

Restarting South Asia: The Tea industry faces up to its challenges

The coronavirus pandemic wrought havoc on almost all walks of life, and the various industries ranging from commodities,...

Kshama Ranawana
March 23, 2021 6 min read

Battaramulla tops the list of Sri Lanka Coronavirus cases

The highest number of 56 Coronavirus cases in the 24 hours ending 0600 on March 19, or over half the cases in Sri Lanka'...

March 19, 2021 1 min read

Thousands of Migrant workers stranded in the Gulf States

Almost a year after the COVID-19 pandemic hit, many Sri Lankan migrant workers remain stranded mostly in the Gulf States...

Mahadiya Hamza
March 15, 2021 5 min read

Sri Lanka detects South African COVID-19 “Escape” variant amongst others

A Sri Lankan university laboratory has detected a number of COVID-19 variants including the fast-spreading South African...

March 12, 2021 2 min read

One million Covishield doses to arrive in Sri Lanka in March, April as promised: SPC

Serum Institute of India (SII) will deliver one million doses of the AstraZeneca Covishield vaccine this month and the n...

Chanka Jayasinghe
March 8, 2021 2 min read

Coronavirus vaccine supplies from India uncertain: report

A balance of one million Coronavirus vaccines from India out of a 1.5 million vaccine ordered by Sri Lanka may not be de...

March 8, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka Coronavirus deaths top 500, total Covid-19 cases 85,000

Sri Lanka's Coronavirus deaths had reached 502 on March 07, 2021 with five persons being confirmed death with Covid-19 l...

March 7, 2021 1 min read

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 ...

Arjuna Ranawana
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
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