A nurse in California tested positive for COVID-19 more than a week after receiving Pfizer Inc’s vaccine, an ABC News affiliate reported on Tuesday, but a medical expert said the body needs more time to build up protection.

The 4th Meeting of the Sri Lanka- India Joint Working Group (JWG) on Fisheries was held through virtual mode today, which focused on Sri Lanka’s request for a safe passage for Sri Lankan fishermen to enter the Arabian Sea.

Nine COVID-19 infected people have been identified during a random Antigen Tests conducted in the Galle Face Green area in Colombo today, Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said.

A total of 354 individuals have tested positive for Covid-19 so far today, the Government Information Department said.

A total of 70 employees of the SriLankan Catering operations division at the Bandaranaike International Airport have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus as of today with five more patients identified today, Regional Medical Health Officer Dr. Miga

The Ethical Committee of the Rajarata University has granted ethical clearance to the anti-COVID-19 syrup introduced by Ayurvedic practitioner Dhammika Bandara from Kegalle, Ayurveda Commissioner Mr K.D.C.S. Kumaratunga said.

The Committee on Parliamentary Business today decided that the first sitting of the 9th Parliament for the year 2021 will convene from the 5th of January to the 8th of January, the Secretary General of Parliament Dhammika Dasanayake said.

Isolation status in Kosgama police area has been lifted with immediate effect, the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) said.

The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has been approved for use in the UK, with the first doses due to be given on Monday.

Three tourists who arrived from Ukraine and tested positive for the COVID-19 have been placed under treatment at a center set up at the hotel they have been housed in, and their first contacts have also been identified, an official from the Health Mi

Three Ukrainians, who were among the first tourist group arrived in the country, have been infected with Covid-19, the Health Ministry said.

Member of the Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF) V. Manivannan has been elected as the new Mayor of the Jaffna Municipal Council.

Organized criminal Kelum Udaya Kumara alias ’Talwatte Kelum’, a close relative of notorious drug trafficker Wellambage Upul Sanjeewa Perera alias ’Datha Sudu’, has been arrested by the STF with a special type of revolver made in the USA.

A total of 120 Covid-19 patients have been reported in Padukka during the second wave so far, Padukka Medical Officer of Health Dumithra Kahangama said.

The Business Committee in Parliament which is to meet today will make a final decision whether the Media be allowed to cover Parliamentary proceedings, an official said yesterday.

A new WhatsApp update will prevent the popular messaging app from working on millions of phones from January 1, 2021.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) assured that a qualified vaccine could be made available for Sri Lanka by March, next year, and the Sri Lankan health authorities have stepped in accordingly to improve cold chain requirements for the storage of do

Therteen more persons tested positive with COVID-19 following random rapid Antigen Tests conducted yesterday on those leaving the Western Province, police said.

The extension of the Marine Drive up-to Hill Street Dehiwala will be completed within 70 days, minister of Highways Johnston Fernando said yesterday.

Easter Sunday attack and the Sinhala Muslim riots of 1915 are not isolated incidents but should be considered within the context of international political situation then and now, an opposition Muslim MP said yesterday.

South Africa will consider positively, a request to relax tea tariffs to render relief to Sri Lanka in the spirit of supporting developing countries to become sustainable as they can be, the outgoing South African High Commissioner in Colombo, Robina

A117-year-old woman who is claimed to be the oldest female in Sri Lanka died at the Nagoda hospital this evening, Hospital police said.

Media reports making the rounds about the purpoted resignation of Justice Minister Ali Sabry are false, Ministry Coordinating Secretary Shamir Zavahir said.

Nearly 60,000 Sri Lankans who were stranded in overseas due to Covid-19 have been repatriated as of today from 137 countries, Minister Namal Rajapaksa said.

One more Covid-19 related death has been reported today bringing the death toll to 195, the Government Information Department said.

Eleven Grama Niladhari (GN) Divisions including the public market area in the Kalmunai area were isolated with immediate effect, Police said.

A total of 453 individuals have tested positive for Covid-19 so far today, the Government Information Department said.

The Police Special Task Force (STF) has been deployed in Mawanella town to strengthen security following an incident where stone was pelted at a shrine of Buddha opposite the Dadimunda Devalaya at Hingula in Mawanella.

Doctors at a private hospital in Kochi have successfully performed a major and risky hybrid procedure using a frozen elephant trunk (FET) stent-graft to save the life of a 59-year-old patient airlifted from Sri Lanka.

A Japanese company and Kyoto University have joined forces to develop what they hope will be the world’s first satellites made out of wood by 2023.