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Lanka congratulates India on vaccination drive

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa congratulated his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for India’s landmark launch of the COVID-19 vaccination drive on Saturday.“Congratulations PM @narendramodi and the...

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Lanka congratulates India on vaccination drive

India hails ‘life saving’ COVID-19 vaccine rollout

SLPA launches new edition of the ‘COVID-19 Prevention Guideline’

23 die in Norway after receiving COVID-19 vaccine

Southern Province COVID-19 cases climb to 1,667

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India hails ‘life saving’ COVID-19 vaccine rollout

Nurses from the Rajawadi Hospital make the victory sign gesture as they pose in front of a television broadcasting a live address by India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
SLPA launches new edition of the ‘COVID-19 Prevention Guideline’

The second edition of the SLPA Covid 19 Prevention Guideline was launched on January 13 at the office of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority’s Chairman. This twenty-eight-page...
23 die in Norway after receiving COVID-19 vaccine

NORWAY: Twenty-three nursing home residents in Norway died within days of receiving their first stick with the COVID-19 vaccine, triggering a warning from health officials...
Southern Province COVID-19 cases climb to 1,667

COVID-19 patient numbers in the Southern Province rose to 1,667 with the 61 new cases reported last Saturday, Southern Province COVID-19 Information Centre Coordinating...

Arasady lockdown will continue till tests are negative

A 79-year-old man died of COVID-19 at Moor Street, Arasady, Batticaloa and as a result the entire Arasady area has been locked down from Sunday (16). This is the first casualty within the Batticaloa...
Five more Coronavirus patients reported from Southern Province

Two local politicians, a policeman, nurse, and an infant have been diagnosed with the coronavirus, Southern Province COVID-19 Information Centre Coordinating Officer Chamara Mahagamage told the Daily...
Galle weekly fair traders to be tested for COVID-19

Traders at weekly fairs in the Galle District are to be subjected to Rapid Antigen tests soon, Galle District Regional Epidemiologist Dr. Venura K. Singarachchi told the Daily News.Dr. Singarachchi...
Two employees of England team hotel test positive for COVID-19

Two employees from the hotel in Galle where the England cricket team is staying have contracted COVID-19, health sources revealed.The two victims, both kitchen workers, are residents of Weligama and...
Galle Dutch Hospital shop owners to get 50% reduction on rent arrears

The government will reduce the monthly rent arrears owed to the Urban Development Authority by businessmen in the Galle Dutch Hospital restaurant and shopping complex by 50% from February 2020....
Provide COVID-19 vaccine to priority groups, workers - Minister

Labour Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva yesterday urged the Government to take into account the working class as well while giving the COVID-19 vaccine to priority groups in accordance with World...
Dr. Palitha Abeykoon appointed WHO Special Envoy on COVID-19

World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus welcomed Dr Palitha Abeykoon, who was appointed as the Organization’s Special Envoy on COVID-19.Ghebreyesus tweeted that Dr...
PS members urged to unite in battle against COVID-19

Pradeshiya Sbha (PS) members should assist the COVID eliminating campaign of the Government wholeheartedly, Eheliyagoda PS Vice Chairman Ruwan Liyanage said.He was speaking at the PS monthly meeting...
New UK variant of COVID-19 found here

Chief Epidemiologist Dr. Sudath Samaraweera said the new UK variant of COVID-19 was found in a person who arrived from UK in Sri Lanka.He said this person who had arrived from the United Kingdom was...
US donates mobile testing unit to fight COVID-19

The United States donated a mobile testing unit to the Regional Health Services in Moneragala, received by Dr. B.M.C. Dasanayaka, as part of the effort to fight COVID-19 in Sri Lanka and protect...
Vasu in good health - Official

Water Supply Minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara is currently under medical supervision at a government medical centre.The Minister’s Media Director Mahendra Harischandra said he was in good health. He was...
Heed medical experts’ view regarding COVID deaths - NCCSL

The National Christian Council (NCCSL) of Sri Lanka in a statement yesterday urged the government to pay attention on the recommendations of the medical experts and World Health Organization (WHO) on...
Close associates of COVID-positive politicians sent for quarantine

Two UNP councillors of the Kuliyapitiya Urban Council in the Kurunegala District who were close associates of former Minister Rauff Hakeem and SLFP General Secretary Dayasiri Jayasekara who became...
COVID-19 cases in SP rises to 1,320

The number of COVID-infected patients in the Southern Province has increased to 1,320 by Sunday (9), said the Coordinating Officer of the Southern Province COVID Information Centre Coordinating...
About 95% of schools in country reopened - GL

Education Minister G.L Peiris said that all schools have been disinfected and all healthcare systems have been put in place so that parents can send their children to school without any fear.He was...