WHO warns against hoarding vaccines
(UTV | EUROPE) – WHO warns against vaccines hoarding amid fears of Omicron variant...
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WHO warns pandemic will drag on deep into 2022
(UTV | COLOMBO) – The Covid pandemic will “go on for a year longer than it needs to” because poorer countries are not getting the...
Persons who completed quarantine to vote after 4pm
UTV | COLOMBO – Director General of Health Services Dr. Anil Jasinghe says persons who have completed coronavirus quarantine measures will be able to cast...
Tightened security for prison officials who received death threats from underworld
UTV | COLOMBO – The government has taken measures to beef up the security of prison officers who had received death threats from underworld figures...
People who visited inmates at Kandakadu test negative for COVID-19
UTV | COLOMBO – A total of 114 people, who had visited the inmates at the Kandakadu Drug Rehabilitation Centre and their family members, have...
Coronavirus: Airborne transmission cannot be ruled out, WHO says
(UTV | COLOMBO) – The World Health Organization has acknowledged there is emerging evidence that the coronavirus can be spread by tiny particles suspended in...
WHO: The greatest threat is lack of solidarity
(UTV | COLOMBO) – The director general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has said the “greatest threat we face now is not...
Road accident kills the PC, who foiled the robbery at National Hospital
(UTV | COLOMBO) – The Police Constable attached to the State Intelligence Services (SIS), who foiled the Rs.7.9 million robbery at the National Hospital, died...
Coronavirus: WHO advises to wear masks in public areas
(UTV | COLOMBO) – The World Health Organization (WHO) has changed its advice on face masks, saying they should be worn in public where social...
‘Identify US diplomat who refused PCR testing’
(UTV | COLOMBO) – Former MP Thushara Indunil charges that quarantine law has been undermined due to certain actions of the incumbent government. Speaking at...