The government is planning to lift import restrictions on various items imposed early this year following the outbreak of COVID-19, Daily Mirror learns.

Lifting of the curfew alone was not enough to say that country is safe but it is of utmost importance to monitor the situation daily, Public Health Inspector’s Union of Sri Lanka (PHIUSL) Secretary M. Balasooriya said.

Medical experts yesterday said that asymptomatic individuals who recovered from Covid-19 and those suffering with only mild symptoms would not be carrying infectious virus after seven days of recovery and people should not be scared of them.

A total of 2,496 COVID-19 cases had been reported from Colombo from the second wave of the virus as of yesterday and that more than 90 of them were employees at the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC).

The Health Ministry yesterday said that PCR tests for COVID-19 would continue on the identified and vulnerable communities across the country despite the import of antigen rapid test kits to Sri Lanka.

A total of 510 Covid-19 cases were reported today surging the total cases of the Minuwangoda-Peliyagoda cluster to 10,447.

A 78-year-old male who died on admission to hospital was reported as the 35th Covid-19 death in Sri Lanka today, the Government Information Department said.

The essential services employees and factory workers under BOI or the Export Development Board are allowed to enter or leave isolated areas under the health guidelines, Police Spokesmam DIG Ajith Rohana said.

The Rapid Antigen Detection Test (RADT) cannot be always used as a substitute for the PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) test for COVID-19 virus, Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) Editor Dr. Haritha Aluthge said.

The areas, which are to be released from quarantine curfew from tomorrow, are still not safe and therefore, the risk of COVID-19 spread still prevails in the country, Chief Epidemiologist Dr. Sudath Samaraweera said today.

All trains and SLTB buses will resume services from tomorrow but won’t stop at areas declared as isolated.

Only a minimum staff required to perform the duties at government institutions should be called for duties from tomorrow despite the quarantine curfew is lifted in the Western Province, the Ministry of Public Services, Provincial Councils and Local G

No one would be allowed to leave or enter the areas declared as isolated, unless it is a medical requirement, Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said.

The ancestral village of US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris woke up early on Sunday to soak in the glory of “village daughter” Kamala becoming the first woman Vice President of the United States. Residents of Thulasendrapuram had earlier put u

A total of 235 officers attached to the police stations in the Western Province have been contracted with Covid-19 as of today.

While congratulating US President elect Joe Biden, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said he looks forward to working closely with Biden to strengthen bilateral relations between both countries.

The quarantine curfew imposed in the Western Province and other areas will be lifted at 5 am tomorrow (9), Army Commander Shavendra Silva said today.

A stream of world leaders have congratulated President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris Saturday on their victory in the 2020 US presidential election, with many striking a jubilant tone on social media.

Joe Biden has won the 2020 US election, with the Democrat projected to become the 46th president of the United States.

Four more persons succumbed to the coronavirus taking the death toll to 34, the Government Information Department said.

A total of 257 more Covid-19 patients were reported, Army Commander Shavendra Silva said.

Former vice-president Joe Biden didn’t declare victory on Friday night, but he did tell voters across the United States he believes he has the upper hand as the vote count continues.

China’s BGI Genomics, the country’s leading provider of genomic sequencing and proteomic services has gifted Sri Lanka a backup PCR machine, Chinese Embassy Officials said.

The number of Sri Lankan nationals, died abroad from COVID-19 has increased to 90, Foreign Affairs Ministry (FAM) told Daily Mirror today.

Keells Union Place outlet has been temporarily closed after two team members of the supermarket tested positive for COVID-19, the management said in a statement.

Abdul Cader Fatima Hadiya, wife of the mastermind of Easter Sunday attacks Zahran Hashim has tested positive for Covid-19, the Prison Department said.

A total of 537 more Covid-19 patients have recover and been discharged from hospital bringing the total number of recovered cases in Sri Lanka to 7,723, the Health Ministry said.

Seven inmates who were sent to quarantine at the Bogambara old prison in Kandy have contracted with Covid-19.

The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 will meet today to review the situation in the Western Province and decide if the curfew will be lifted as announced on Monday morning at 5 a.m., Army Commander and Head of the National Operation Centre for Pre

A new report by the World Health Organisation reclassifies Community Transmission into four levels and several health experts observed that Sri Lanka is already in Level 3.