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All should abide by health sector guidelines - PM

All irrespective of party, religion, creed or race differences should abide by the health sector instructions to combat the COVID 19 epidemic, said Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa this morning....

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All should abide by health sector guidelines - PM

COVID-19 Fund reaches Rs. 314 million

A request to donors

Central Bank appeals for forex inflows to combat COVID-19

One more death from COVID19 reported in Sri Lanka

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COVID-19 Fund reaches Rs. 314 million

With direct contributions from the public, the COVID – 19 Healthcare and Social Security Fund has reached Rs. 314.5 million mark.The Presidential Secretariat has also...
A request to donors

All local and foreign (Sri Lankans living abroad) donors, professionals and businessmen who wish to contribute towards Sri Lanka's effort to control COVID-19 through offering...
Central Bank appeals for forex inflows to combat COVID-19

The Central Bank made an appeal yesterday to Sri Lankans and well-wishers here and abroad to make foreign currency deposits within the country’s banking system including...
One more death from COVID19 reported in Sri Lanka

One more death from COVID19 reported in Sri Lanka , short while ago, the Director General of Health Services Dr. Anil Jasinghe confirmed. The 58-year-old deceased ...

Consultant doctors present insurance, other proposals to Health Minister

A group of consultant doctors met with Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi and presented several suggestions and mechanisms for the control of the spread of Covid-19.During this meeting, they had...
Bretton Woods style meeting urged for post-COVID-19 economy

The Cabinet of Ministers has requested President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to convince global leaders to convene a conference similar to Bretton Woods Conference to overcome post COVID-19 global economic...
One more patient tests positive for COVID-19

One more COVID-19 infected case was detected. The total number infected by the Coronavirus had risen to 151 by now.
150 confirmed COVID-19 cases in SL

The number of patients confirmed to have contracted the Coronavirus in Sri Lanka has risen to 150 today (01), said the Health Services Director General Dr. Anil Jasinghe. Four new cases were...
'Shoot them dead' - Philippine leader says

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has warned violators of coronavirus lockdown measures they could be shot for causing trouble and said abuse of medical workers was a serious crime that would not...
Israel's health minister diagnosed with coronavirus

Israeli Health Minister Yaakov Litzman and his wife were diagnosed with coronavirus and are in isolation following guidelines, his ministry said on Thursday.Several other senior officials, including...
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British Airways expected to suspend 36,000 staff

British Airways is expected to announce it will suspend around 36,000 staff.The airline, which grounded much of its fleet due to the coronavirus crisis, has been negotiating with the Unite union for...
COVID-19 positive cases rise to 148

Another two new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Sri Lanka, said the Ministry of Health.The total number of Lankans who have contracted COVID-19 to 148.
Wimbledon 2020 tennis championships canceled

Wimbledon has been cancelled for the first time since World War Two because of the coronavirus pandemic.The tournament was due to be played between 29 June and 12 July.The entire grass-court season...
Third death from COVID19 reported in Sri Lanka

Third death from COVID19 reported in Sri Lanka , short while ago, the Director General of Health Services Dr. Anil Jasinghe confirmed. The 74-year-old deceased is a resident of Maradana. who was...
96 quarantined returnees head home

Army Commander Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva said that a total of 96 quarantined returnees, 86 from Damminna and 10 from Diyatalawa Quarantine Centres (QCs) after the two-week long quarantine...
Call to heed quarantine call

Head of the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) and Army Commander Lt Gen Shavendra Silva yesterday called on all those who arrived in Sri Lanka on March 17 on...
Gampaha District Samurdhi payment almost complete

Industrial Exports,Investment Promotion, Tourism and Aviation Minister Prasanna Ranathunga said that 91 percent of Samurdhi recipients in the Gampaha district have already been...
ADB, UNICEF SUPPLY EMERGENCY MEDICAL EQUIPMENT

A $100,000 (LKR 18.17 million) grant from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has funded the purchase of emergency medical supplies through the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in support of...