by Jamila Husain Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, April 1 (Daily Mirror) – The government yesterday said that despite several difficulties faced within the past few weeks from ‘unexpected influencers’ to bring down the Sinopharm vaccines from China, the government had finally been successful. State Minister of Pharmaceutical Production, Supply and Regulation Prof. Channa Jayasumana said that Sri […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia COLOMBO, April 1 (Xinhua) — A batch of Sinopharm vaccines arrived in Sri Lanka from China on Wednesday as part of a donation by the Chinese government to the island nation. The vaccines arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport on Wednesday where it was officially handed over to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa by China’s […]

by SONIA PAUL Courtesy The San Francisco Public Press With food insecurity predating COVID-19, nonprofit groups see opportunity in subsidizing hybrid business models during the crisis Some restaurants have altered their business model to help feed the poor in the face of coronavirus restrictions. Tilly Tsang, former owner of Washington Bakery, prepares dinner plates of pumpkin […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka on Wednesday (March 31) received a consignment of 600,000 doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines donated by China. According to Ada Derana correspondent, a special flight chartered by the national carrier SriLankan Airlines (UL869) carrying the China-made vaccines touched down at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake at around 11.28 am. […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, March 27 (Daily Mirror) – Sri Lanka yesterday said talks to purchase coronavirus vaccines from Pfizer-biontech have been successful and a final agreement is expected to be reached soon. State Minister of Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals, Prof. Channa Jayasumana said that the US based company has offered to supply vaccines […]

Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lanka will re­ceive 600,000 doses of China’s Sinopharm vac­ci­na­tions on March 31 and pri­or­ity will be given for Sri Lankan cit­i­zens when ad­min­is­ter­ing the vac­cines while only 1 per­cent of the to­tal amount to be de­liv­ered will be for Chi­nese na­tion­als re­sid­ing here, an of­fi­cial from the Chi­nese Em­bassy […]

by Jamila Husain Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, March 26 (Daily Mirror) – The State Pharmaceutical Corporation (SPC) has begun discussions with Britain to purchase the Astrazeneca doses from the UK, especially since authorities are doubtful if the Serum Institute in India can now supply the remaining 8.5 million vaccinations which had initially been requested, the Daily Mirror […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, March 26 (Daily Mirror) – Sri Lanka’s Health authorities have gone on alert after a new double mutant of the Coronavirus has been detected from some samples in India with scientists studying if this new strain is more infectious or less affected by the vaccines. Sources from the Health Ministry said that […]

Courtesy Adaderana Cabinet of Ministers has given the nod to purchase 7 million Sputnik V coronavirus vaccines from Russia, the Department of Government Information said today (March 24). The relevant proposal has been tabled by Minister of Health Pavithra Wanniarachchi. National Medicine Regulatory Authority (NMRA) recently approved the emergency use of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccines […]

Courtesy Adaderana Director-General of Health Services has issued revised COVID-19 quarantine guidelines for all incoming passengers and tourists arriving in Sri Lanka from overseas. The guidelines noted that they should receive the approval to enter the country from the Foreign Affairs Ministry and other relevant authorities or from Sri Lanka Tourism, respectively. All travelers should […]

Courtesy Adaderana Citizens above the age of 60 years within the Colombo city limit can reserve an appointment to receive the COVID-19 vaccine via online services, the Municipal Commissioner of Colombo informed issuing a notice. Accordingly, eligible citizens may reserve a convenient timeslot through the following sites or apps: – www.colombo.mc.gov.lk (Official website of Colombo […]

බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය ඉංජිනේරු ගාල්ලේ දෙව්සිරි පී.හේවාවිදාන – ලන්ඩන් නුවර සිට කොවිඩ් එන්නත ජනතාවට දුන් මුල්ම රට වන්නේ මහා බ්‍රිතාන්‍යයි. මතු නොව ඊශ්‍රායලයට පසු කොවිඩ් එන්නත මනා ලෙස පාලනය කළ ලෝකයේ දෙවැනි රටද මහා බ්‍රිතාන්‍යයි. බ්‍රිතාන්‍යය ඔක්ස්ෆඩ් හා ෆයිසර් එන්නත් මිලියන 83 ක් ලබාගත්තේ පසුගිය දෙසැම්බර් අග භාගයේදීයි. ඔවුන් ජනතාවට එන්නත්කරණය පටන් ගත්තේ පිළිගත් ක්‍රමවේදයකට අනුවයි. එන්නත […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka has registered 140 more positive cases of Covid-19 today (March 14), the Ministry of Health confirmed. Thereby, Sri Lanka has detected 282 new positive cases of COVID-19 within the day. As per statistics, the total number of Covid-19 infections confirmed so far in the country now stands at 87,907. Recoveries from […]

Courtesy Adaderana China said it will ease visa application requirements for foreigners seeking to enter the mainland from Hong Kong if they have been inoculated with Covid-19 vaccines made in China. The new rule will take effect on Monday to resume people-to-people exchanges between China and other countries in an orderly manner,” according to a […]

Courtesy Adaderana Forty-five bodies of COVID-19 victims held in various parts of the island have been buried as per guidelines, Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said. Accordingly, the issue of COVID-19 burials has now been completely resolved, he added. There may be about one or two [bodies] remaining. They will be buried today or tomorrow […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය කොළඹ මහ නගර සභා බල ප්‍රදේශයේ මහජනතාවට කොවිඩ් එන්නත් ලබාදීමේ වැඩසටහන අද 2021.03.11 දින පෙරවරුවේ ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ නිරීක්ෂණයට ලක්විය. නාරාහේන්පිටි අභයාරාම විහාරස්ථානයට ගිය අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා එහි පැවති 1200ක පිරිසකට කොවිඩ් එන්නත් ලබා දීමේ වැඩසටහන මෙසේ නිරීක්ෂණය කළේය. කොළඹ මහ නගර සභා මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් වන ගලගම ධම්මරන්සි හිමි, වෛද්‍ය […]

Courtesy Adaderana Seven more bodies of individuals who had fallen victim to COVID-19 were buried at Oddamavadi in Batticaloa today (March 09), says Army Commander General Shavendra Silva. The burials have been carried out by the Sri Lanka Army. Accordingly, a total of 38 corpses infected with novel coronavirus have been buried since the policy […]

 by Jamila Husain Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, March 8 (DailyMirror) – Health officials from the Colombo Municipal Council said that the COVID-19 infections in Colombo were on the decline in recent weeks and from an estimated 250 random PCR and antigen tests being conducted, an average one or two people were testing positive in comparison to the […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Austrian authorities have suspended inoculations with a batch of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine as a precaution while investigating the death of one person and the illness of another after the shots, a health agency said on Sunday, Reuters reported. The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care (BASG) has received two reports […]

Courtesy Hiru News Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa says that a crisis has arisen in the country due to the lack of a proper method for administering the covid vaccine. The Leader of the Opposition made this remark while participating in the 50th Mobile Service held in Bloemendhal, Colombo North.

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Courtesy The Daily Mirror Two individuals from the Gampaha District have died two days after being vaccinated and the Epidemiology Unit is to investigate as to whether it could be attributed to the vaccine, Deputy Director General of Health Services Dr. Hemantha Herath said. Speaking to the Daily Mirror, he said there is a particular […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror he circular containing the guidelines with regard to the burial of COVID-19 victims has been issued, the Health Ministry said. Some key guidelines are as follows, The relatives of the deceased should inform the Director/ Head of the health care institution (Where the death has occurred) of their desire to bury […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka is expected to receive the first batch of COVID vaccines under the COVAX facility this weekend, says State Minister of Primary Health Care, Epidemics and COVID Disease Control Sudarshini Fernandopulle. Her remarks came during an event held at the Chilaw Hospital today. The vaccine consignment with 264,000 doses will accordingly arrive […]

Courtesy Adaderana Guidelines for the Circular permitting burial of bodies of COVID-19 victims has been drafted, says Director-General of Health Services Dr. Asela Gunawardena. He added that locations for the burial of COVID victims will be identified within 3 – 4 days. Drafting of guidelines was completed after the committee of experts appointed to examine […]

Courtesy Hiru News he Extraordinary Gazette Notification (No. 2216/38 – THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2021) allowing the cremation or burial of COVID-19 dead bodies has been issued. REGULATIONS made by the Minister of Health under Sections 2 and 3 of the Quarantine and Prevention of Diseases<br />Ordinance (Chapter 222). Regulations relating to Storage of Grain and […]

ජාතික ජන බලවේගය මේ වන විට අප රට තුළකෝවිඩ් 19 රෝගය පැතිරීම වැළැක්වීමේ පියවරක් වශයෙන්  මහජනතාව එන්නත් කිරීම අරඹා තිබීම සතුටට කරුණකි. නමුත් සැලකිල්ලෙන් බැලූ විට පැහැදිලිව පෙනෙන්නේ මේ වන විට අනුගමනය කරමින් පවතින එන්නත් කිරීමේ ව්‍යාපාරය විද්‍යාත්මක ක්‍රමවේදයෙන් බැහැරව සිදුකරන  බවය. විශේෂයෙන් ලෝක සෞඛ්‍ය සංවිධානය විසින් කෝවිඩ් 19 රෝගය පැතිරීම වැළැක්වීම සඳහා එන්නත් කළ […]

by Prionka Jha Courtesy Sputnik India began its “Vaccine Friendship” programme on 20 January and has supplied COVID-19 vaccines to several neighbouring countries, including Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Seychelles, and the Maldives. It has also sent vaccine doses to Caribbean countries, South Africa, and the UAE. The CEO of the world’s biggest vaccine maker, […]

කෑගල්ල එම්. බී. පහලවත්ත උපුටා ගැන්ම දිවයින මම කොරෝනා මර්දන එන්නත විද ගන්නා අවස්ථාවක් පෙන්වන ඡායාරූපයක් සමාජ මාධ්‍යවල යනවා. එය සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම වැරදි ප‍්‍රවෘත්තියක්. මම විද ගත්ත එන්නතක් නෑ. එය මට කෙණෙහිලිකම් කරන අයගේ මඩ ගැසීමක් බව කියන්න කැමැතියි යැයි ‘ධම්මික පැණිය’ නිපදවූ කෑගල්ලේ ධම්මික බණ්ඩාර වෙද මහතා පැවසීය.  ඔහු තවදුරටත් මෙසේ ද පැවසුවේය. මගේ රූපය […]

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