KAMALIKA PIERIS The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, (UNHCHR) presented to the 46th session of the UNHRC in February 2021, her report on Sri Lanka. (UN Doc A/HRC/46/20). This is the latest in the stream of reports on Sri Lanka since Sri Lanka won the Eelam war. This report can be read at https://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/46/20. […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka on Friday (May 07) registered 19 more victims of COVID-19, marking the highest number of deaths recorded in a single day. The latest victims have moved the country’s death toll to 764, the, the Department of Government Information stated. According to official data, 06 of the victims were in their sixties […]

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Couttesy AdaDerana The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 817 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 1,914. According to the Government Information Department, 1,889 of the new cases reported today are associated with the New Year coronavirus cluster. Meanwhile, the remaining […]

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Courtesy Ada Derana China-made Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine will be administered to Sri Lankans starting from next week, says State Minister of Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals Prof. Channa Jayasumana. The Sinopharm jabs are expected to be administered based on the coronavirus cases identified in each Grama Niladhari division, he noted. Meanwhile, during a virtual […]

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