Considering the severe inconvenience faced by the people due to the pandemic situation in the country, the Outer Province Bakery Owners Association (OPBOA) has decided not to increase the prices of bakery products.

A registered Ayurvedic doctor has lodged a complaint with IGP Chandana Wickremaratne urging him to initiate legal action against health authorities for allegedly allowing Covid-19 infected patients to die without treating them under the Ayurvedic Hea

A research team led by leading Chinese Epidemiologist Zhong Nanshan has identified that the administration of the full course of Chinese vaccines is effective against the Delta variant of Covid-19, the Chinese Embassy in Colombo said.

People get immune response after getting Covid, but it is always advisable to receive vaccination after recovery from the disease, a scientist said.

Another cargo containing 76,000 doses of Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine vials has been flown into the country from the United States of America and freighted by Qatar Cargo Airways, the airport duty manager said.

Highways Minister Johnston Fernando yesterday said that construction work of roads, bridges and highways will continue as usual despite the countrywide quarantine curfew.

A proper lockdown where advice of health experts are followed is the need of the hour as there are people loitering along roads despite the quarantine curfew in place,” UNP Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene said yesterday.

Sri Lanka Chamber of Garment Exporters, which represents the SMES in the apparel industry stressed the need to proceed with manufacture of garment products despite the lockdown to meet orders from foreign buyers with quality and on time delivery.

The daily COVID-19 cases today surpassed the 4,000 mark increasing the total number of positive cases in Sri Lanka to 390,000, the Government Information Department said. .

The quarantine curfew which has been declared for ten days, should be extended by at least ten more days to successfully curtail the spike in Covid-19 cases and deaths caused due to complications, former Chief Epidemiologist Dr. Nihal Abeysinghe said

The Oxford-AstraZeneca COVISHIELD vaccine was 95% effective in controlling the ’Delta’ variants which have been identified in the country, the National Research Council (NRC) Chairman Prof. Hemantha Dodampahala said.

A total of 183 more COVID-19 related deaths that occurred yesterday (21) were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today pushing the death toll to 7,366.

The government has planned to complete providing the COVID-19 vaccine for people between the ages of 18 and 30 from the second week of September, Epidemiology Unit Director Dr. Samitha Ginige said.

Another three million Sinopharm vaccines will be supplied by the China by the end of this month, the Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka said today.

The Government has declared the week from tomorrow (23) as a special ’vaccination week’ for the unvaccinated people above 60 years of age, State Minister Channa Jayasumana said.

The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MPs have decided to contribute their one month salary to a special fund that is to be opened by Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa, MP Harin Fernando confirmed.

The Indian Naval Vessel Shakti arrived at the Colombo Port carrying 100 tonnes of Oxygen from India today.

Ceylon Petroleum Corporation’s (CPC) Jathika Sevaka Sangamaya wing (JSS) Secretary Ananda Palitha, who was arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) for making a statement about fuel shortage, was released on bail today.

Some 45 artistes in a dance troupe which had taken part in the Kandy Esala Perahera have been tested positive with Covid-19, Health Authorities said.

Claiming that the President’s directive to conduct Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) at least once a week targeting the people over 60 years of age who are suffering from chronic diseases, was a useless exercise, former Chief Epidemiologist Nihal Abeysing

People are requested not to be choosy on COVID-19 vaccine brands that they should get but to take the first available vaccine at their earliest, Director General of Health Services Dr. Asela Gunawardena said.

Those who were behind the Easter Sunday mayhem will face a similar fate like that of blast victims, Archbishop of Colombo His Eminence Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith said over the weekend.

Two teenagers aged 16 and 17 years old had died when the three wheeler in which they were travelling veered off the road and rammed against a tree at Mailwala in Hambegamuwa yesterday.

The nationwide lockdown which is currently in place, including the quarantine curfew and travel restrictions, will be effective only if the community behaves responsibly, Head of the Public Health Inspectors’ (PHI) Union Upul Rohana said.

The prevailing domestic Liquid Petroleum (LP) gas scarcity in the country will be settled from tomorrow (23), Co-operative Services, Marketing Development and Consumer Protection State Minister Lasantha Alagiyawanna said.

Twenty Sri Lankans who are in Afghanistan have expressed their willingness to stay back in Afghanistan, the Foreign Ministry said.

Since the government announced a 10-day lockdown yesterday afternoon, the nation has been left puzzled. With contradictory terms used for the shutdown and then ever-changing lists being released as to who can function and who cannot, one wonders why

The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation’s (CPC) Jathika Sevaka Sangamaya wing (JSS) Secretary Ananda Palitha has been arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) for making a statement about fuel shortage.

The total number of Covid-19 deaths in Sri Lanka exceeded 7,000 with 198 more deaths being reported today.

The Sri Lankan pair of Wanindu Hasaranga and Dushmantha Chameera, have joined Royal Challengers Bangalore for the second part of IPL 2021.