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  • Polish President tests positive for COVID-19
    Polish President Andrzej Duda has contracted Covid-19 but is feeling "fine", a presidential minister says. Duda, 48, was tested on Friday and found to be positive, Blazej Spychalski announced on...
  • US COVID-19 cases surge to record daily high
    US coronavirus cases have hit a record daily high as states grapple with a renewed wave of infections.Citing data from local state health authorities, the Covid Tracking Project reported 83,010 new...
  • Limit travelling on weekends
    The Police said that there will not be an island-wide curfew enforced over the weekend. Police spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana requests the public to avoid crowded places during weekends and limit...
  • Nugegoda Weekly Fair temporarily closed
    Nugegoda weekly fair closed after two persons working at the fish market tested positive for COVID-19, area PHI confirmed.
  • Seventy COVID-19 patients recovered
    Seventy more individuals recovered from COVID-19 bringing the total recoveries in the country to 3,714, the Epidemiology Unit confirmed. According to the epidemiology unit there are only 3,424...
  • Devotees from Quarantine Curfew areas not allowed to visit Sri Dalada Maligawa
    People from the Quarantine Curfew areas and their close contacts are not permitted to enter the Sri Dalada Maligawa premises until further notice, said the Diyawadana Nilame Pradeep Nilanga Dela...
  • A ward at Kalubowila Hospital closed after a staff tests COVID-19 positive
    A ward of the Kalubowila Teaching Hospital has been closed, said the Hospital Authorities. The decision was taken after a staff tested positive for COVID-19, said the authority.
  • 759 curfew violators arrested
    Within 24-hour period the police had arrested 71 persons who had violated the curfew orders. Since the curfew was imposed from October 4 till this morning the police have arrested 759 persons who...
  • 15th COVID-19 death reported
    The Health Ministry confirmed the 15th death due to COVID-19 as the number of COVID-19 contracted patients rose to 7153. According to Health Ministry sources, a 56-year-old male from Kuliyapitiya has...
  • 16 COVID-19 positive students facing A/L exam from IDH
    16 students who tested positive for COVID-19, are sitting for the GCE Advanced Level Examination at Infectious Diseases Hospital special examination centre and they were also receiving treatment.,...
  • COVID-19: an Army Captain tested positive
    An army Captain at the Batalanda Army Camp in Sapugaskanda was tested positive for COVID-19, said the Army Commander Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva.
  • SL reports highest daily COVID-19 case total today with 865 new cases
    The highest number of COVID-19 patients were reported today in Sri Lanka with 865 new infections.Another 256 COVID-19 positive cases reported short while ago, stated the Department of Government...
  • Minuwangoda COVID-19: 609 cases detected
    609 COVID-19 positive cases reported today, stated the Department of Government Information. Accordingly, 496 from Peliyagoda Fish Market, 48 from Quarantine Centres, five from the Galle...
  • PCR tests will be carried out at fisheries harbours
    PCR tests will be carried out on persons who work at fisheries harbours (in Beruwala, Galle, Ambalangoda and Trincomalee ), the Army Commander Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva said....
  • No island-wide curfew on weekends
    No plans to impose islandwide curfew or curfew in any other area on weekends, other than those already under lock down, said the Army Commander Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva.