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With individuals and groups in the US and the UK initiating legal action against the Chinese Government over the sprea
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Making a special statement yesterday, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa commended the sacrifices made by all COVID-19 front line workers and requested all citizens to stay at home by following rules imposed for the benefit of all, as our destiny will be decided by the way we conduct ourselves to fight to defeat the virus and added we have to think about living, as our common enemy is coronavirus.
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A feeble and homeless woman was seen roaming in the much deserted Kelaniya Raja Maha Viharaya sacred area yesterday, Bak Full Moon Poya Day, amidst strict social isolation due to the Covid-19 outbreak.
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While the world remained shocked and dismayed with the news that the most famous world leader, who has fallen victim to the dreaded viral infection, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (55) remained critical at the ICU of the St. Thomas H
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Six Chair Professors of Medicine (and Specialist Physicians) in Sri Lanka have expressed their opinion on an exit strategy from the current COVID-19 lockdown in Sri Lanka, recommending the current level of restriction should continue for now and be reviewed after the New Year among others.
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Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’ in a letter addressed to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson who has been hospital
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The Presidential Task Force on Essential Services yesterday announced that all Ayurvedic hospitals will be open despite t
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With another COVID-19 related death early yesterday morning of an 80-year-old man from Nedimala, Dehiwala at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, the number of Covid-19 deaths rose to six and the number of patients treated incre
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India yesterday gifted a 10 tonne consignment of essential life saving medicines to the Sri Lankan Government in view of the on-going COVID-19 crisis, the Indian High Commission in Colombo said.
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Lanka Sathosa, the state run retail chain, has said that its spices which were packed with a design of a lotus flower on it, will not be removed from shelves, despite concerns raised by the Centre for Monitoring Election Violence who has written
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The police have arrested a total of 16,892 persons who violated the curfew regulations imposed as a result of the Covid-19 ou
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Higher Education Minister Bandula Gunawardane said yesterday that medical equipment available with the university system would be handed over to the health authorities for improving RT-PCR
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The authorities have decided to subject all individuals leaving quarantine centres after a 14-day spell of quarantine to the Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test to ensure that they would not act as Covid-19 virus carriers and also they would
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There have been 18 COVID-19 cases detected from Colombo City, which has resulted in 384 persons being sent on quarantine, Chief Medical Officer, Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) Dr. Ruwan Wija
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Several people including senior citizens are seen waiting outside the State Pharmaceuticals Corporation(SPC) in Colombo to purchase medicine. Pic by Kithsiri de Mel
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Cruise ship ‘MSC Magnifica’ on its way to Italy from Australia left Colombo Port last noon after disembarking a Lankan crew member and admitting a 75-year-old female German passenger to the Colombo National Hospital after she suffered a heart attack, former State Minister of Ports and Shipping Kanaka Herath said.
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Ten police officers who carried out an operation to arrest a burglar in Bopitiya were asked to self-quarantine after the suspect was confirmed to have tested positive for coronavirus, Wattala Municipal Council PHI Varuna Amarasekara said.
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The government has made arrangements to provide relief to people amid difficulties brought about by novel coronavirus, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had told leaders of Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) whom he met yesterday.
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Curfew currently effective in the high-risk zones of Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara, Puttalam, Kandy and Jaffna Districts will remain until further notice, a statement issued yesterday by the President’s office said.
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Leaders of Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) who met President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday have informed that they would support the government in obtaining the approval of Parliament to get more funds allocated to face the COVID-19 crisis and therein to get necessary legislation passed.
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Health Minister Pavithradevi Wanniarachchi said yesterday Rs.5,000 each would be granted to senior citizens, the differently-abled and those afflicted with Chronic Kidney Diseases (CKDs) through respective Grama Niladharis.
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U.P. Samarajeewa, a youth from Puttalam who invented his own coronavirus disinfection chamber, believes anyone who enters the premises can be sprayed with the disinfectant within minutes.
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A total of 14,966 individuals have been arrested and 3,751 vehicles seized as of yesterday for violating curfew imposed since March 20, police said.
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Spiritual leader of the International Dawoodi Bohra Community, Dr. Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin has initiated a worldwide humanitarian project of distributing food to thousands of needy people in coronavir
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The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Sri Lanka rose to 178 as of late last evening, health authorities said. They said four more patients who were being treated for the virus fully recovered thereby bringing total recoveries to 38. 137 patients are still under treatment. As of last night, five persons had died of coronavirus in the country. Meanwhile, it was reported that there are 1.3 million cases globally.
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Fifteen staff members including several doctors of Apeksha Hospital in Maharagama have been directed to the Waikkal quarantine centre after a patient who arrived to obtain treatment from the OPD test
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The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), together with Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), Lanka Electricity Company Private Limited (LECO) and National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSADB), has launched a special programme to provide immediate solutions to issues of electrical systems and plumbing of the households of electricity and water consumers during the curfew period with effect from yesterday.
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Embassy in Colombo has cautioned of attempts to incite racism and hatred against Muslims through misleading reports. The warning came as reports spread yesterday on social media that UAE had banned the burial of coronavirus victims.
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Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa issued an extraordinary gazette last evening suspending payments through Outward Investment Accounts (OIA) for overseas investments by Sri Lankans for a period of three months.
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A local company has started manufacturing emergency beds for the use of COVID-19 patients, a statement from the Ministry of Industries said.
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