‘Overseas returnees have completed quarantine’
Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva says intelligence units have been deployed to identify persons who associated those who tested positive for the...
Category : Coronavirus Outbreak
4 methods introduced to obtain curfew passes
The Police has introduced four new methods of obtaining curfew passes. The President’s Media Division said the public gathering in large numbers to obtain passes...
COVID-19 positive cases increases to 185
The number of coronavirus cases reported in the country has increased to 185 after 2 more persons tested positive this evening. The Epidemiology Unit of...
Indigenous medicine being studied to fight coronavirus
Indigenous medicine is being studied to fight the coronavirus, Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva said today. He said that a discussion was held with indigenous medical...
Non-communicable disease drugs to arrive from India
Drugs for Non-communicable disease will arrive in Sri Lanka from India tomorrow, the President’s office said today. The drugs will arrive on a request made...
Sixth coronavirus death reported in Sri Lanka
The 6th death due to COVID-19 in Sri Lanka was reported this morning. Director of Health Services Dr. Anil Jasinghe said the deceased was identified...
Pep Guardiola’s mother dies after contracting coronavirus
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola’s mother, Dolors Sala Carrio, has died aged 82 in Barcelona after contracting coronavirus. “Everyone associated with the club sends their...
Japan to declare emergency as Tokyo cases soar
Japan is to declare a state of emergency in the capital Tokyo and six other regions in an attempt to tackle the rapid spread of...
Coronavirus: Too early to consider lockdown exit strategy, says Raab
It is too early to consider a strategy for exiting the coronavirus lockdown, the foreign secretary has said. Dominic Raab said the current measures were...
203 persons released from quarantine facility
A total of 203 persons who were held at a quarantine facility at the Sri Lanka Air Force Base in Mullaitivu have been released. The...