Tokyo records 143 new cases
UTV | COLOMBO – Japan’s capital, Tokyo, has recorded 143 new infections – bringing the city’s total to nearly 8,200, said an NHK report. In...
Category : Coronavirus Outbreak
Which countries have the most cases?
UTV | COLOMBO – There’s almost nowhere in the world now that hasn’t been impacted by the virus in one way or another. But here...
Moderna vaccine enters final stage of human trials
UTV | COLOMBO – US biotech firm Moderna says it will enter the final stage of human trials for its Covid-19 vaccine on 27 July....
Private hospital in Ragama closed following detection of COVID patient
UTV | COLOMBO – Health officials today took measures to temporarily close a private hospital located in Ragama. The hospital was closed after a staff...
COVID-19 recoveries in Sri Lanka rise to 1,988
UTV | COLOMBO – Seven more persons infected by the novel coronavirus have recovered and have been discharged from hospitals, increasing the total recoveries in...
Confirmed COVID-19 cases rise to 2,646
UTV | COLOMBO – The number of coronavirus cases reported from the Kandakadu Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre has increased to 519 after 257 more persons...
125,000 PCR tests conducted in Sri Lanka
UTV | COLOMBO – Sri Lanka has conducted 125,632 PCR tests thus far to identify COVID-19 patients. The Ministry of Health said 1,310 PCR tests...
Two Homagama Army officers test positive for Covid-19, seven families quarantined
UTV | COLOMBO – At least 30 persons belonging to seven families in Homagama have been sent for self quarantine after two Army officers from...
519 positive cases from Kandakadu COVID-19 cluster so far
UTV | COLOMBO – Sri Lanka has confirmed a total of 2,646 positive cases of COVID-19 as of last night (13) following the detection of...
Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 cases tally stands at 2,617
UTV | COLOMBO – Total COVID-19 infections detected so far in Sri Lanka hit 2,617 late on Sunday night (12), according to the Ministry of...