By Ivanhoe Broadcast News | January 19, 2021 at 9:11 AM CST – Updated January 19 at 5:13 PM ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Vitamin D is an important nutrient that helps your body absorb calcium. But studies show about 40 percent of Americans don’t get enough of the vitamin. And, new research is suggesting low vitamin […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Ayurvedic practitioner Dhammika Bandara said he was not responsible for Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi contracting COVID-19, as she had failed to follow his advice on taking the syrup made by him. In a Facebook post, he said when taking his herbal syrup, people should avoid smoking, consuming  alcoholic liquor and avoid […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් කොරෝනා වෛරසය සඳහා තමන් විසින් හඳුන්වා දුන් ඖෂධය සෞඛ්‍ය ඇමතිනි පවිත්‍රා වන්නිආරච්චි මහත්මිය භාවිතා කළ ආකාරය වැරදෙන්නට ඇතැයි කෑගල්ලේ ධම්මික බණ්ඩාර මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. තමන් විසින් නියම කරන ලද මාත්‍රාව අනුව හරියටම ඖෂධය භාවිත කලේ නම් වෛරසය ආසාදන නොවන බවද ඔහු පවසයි. නියමානුකූල පිළිවෙතට මෙම ඖෂධය පානය කළ අය මෙතෙක් […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Gotabaya Rajapaksa says the first batch of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines manufactured in India is expected to arrive in Sri Lanka on the 27th of January. Accordingly, Sri Lanka will be receiving the 500,000 vials of doses with the first vaccine consignment. The President’s remarks came during the ‘Gama Samaga Pilisandara’ programme held […]

BBC Newsnight Early evidence suggests the variant of coronavirus that emerged in the UK may be more deadly, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said. How does this affect the road out of lockdown? However, there remains huge uncertainty around the numbers – and vaccines are still expected to work. The virus’s reproduction rate is estimated […]

BBC Newsnight Some viewers may find this film distressing As the UK coronavirus death toll reaches record levels, Newsnight returns to Salisbury District Hospital joining the ITU staff for a full 12 hour shift as they struggle to cope with the relentless influx of patients.

Courtesy Adaderana The Government of Sri Lanka has conveyed that approval was granted for the emergency use of COVISHIELD vaccines, says the Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka. In a tweet posted today (January 22), the High Commission said this clears the way to schedule the delivery of vaccines from India to the island nation. […]

Sri Lanka news Sri Lanka decided to use an Indian vaccine COVAXIN™ made by Indian vaccine maker Bharat Biotech for Sri Lanka while the AstraZeneca vaccine developed by Oxford University and manufactured locally in India under British license will not available for export to Sri Lanka. Indian regulators gave the nod for emergency use to […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Director General of Health Services says that necessary documents have been forwarded to the Attorney General’s Department for legal approval to obtain Covid-19 vaccines from India. India on Wednesday began supplying Covid-19 vaccines to six neighbouring and key partner countries. Bhutan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Seychelles are the first recipients to […]

Courtesy Hiru News The syrup produced by Dhammika Bandara of Kegalle was distributed to the public before the clinical study has been completed. It is reported that arrangements have been made to distribute 5,000 bottles of syrup at his residence in Udukumbura, Kegalle. However, the clinical work of the syrup produced by Dhammika Bandara is […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, January 20 (Daily Mirror) – While blaming the Health Ministry officials providing false picture about Covid-19 situation to the politicians, the Public Health Inspectors (PHI) Union yesterday warned of a considerable spike in Covid-19 cases in the coming weeks. Speaking to Daily Mirror, Union’s Chairman Upul Rohana said the Government did not […]

Courtesy Ceylon Today Bhutan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, and Seychelles will begin to receive Covid  19 vaccines from India tomorrow, according to a media release issued by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs. Sri Lanka too could have been on this list and could have begun to receive shipments of the vaccine tomorrow yet that […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A candidate COVID-19 vaccine known as EpiVacCorona, Russia’s second to be registered, proved 100% effective” in early-stage trials, Russian consumer health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor has told local media. The data, based on Phase I and II trials, were released before the start of a larger Phase III trial which would normally involve […]

Courtesy Adaderana India will begin supplying Covid-19 vaccines to six neighbouring and key partner countries with effect from tomorrow (January 20). Thereby, Bhutan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Seychelles will be the first recipients to get acquire the India-manufactured vaccines. However, India is still awaiting the confirmation of necessary regulatory clearances from Sri Lanka, Afghanistan […]

Courtesy Adaderana Army Commander General Shavendra Silva says that steps have been taken to repatriate Sri Lankans living abroad under two methods. In addition, steps have also been taken to reduce the fares of those who choose hotels to remain during their quarantine period, he added. The National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak […]

Courtesy The Print In major metros, the rate of Covid spread has slowed significantly. An epidemic is considered to have been arrested when the R value remains below 1 consistently. New Delhi: India’s effective reproduction number ‘R’ for Covid-19 — a key parameter to measure the rate of infection — has reduced to 1.16 this week […]

Courtesy Adaderana The global death toll from COVID-19 topped 2 million Friday as vaccines developed at breakneck speed are being rolled out around the world in an all-out campaign to vanquish the threat. The milestone was reached just over a year after the coronavirus was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan. The number […]

Courtesy Adaderana The new variant of the COVID-19 virus found in the United Kingdom (UK) has been detected in a person who has visited Sri Lanka, says Chief Epidemiologist Dr. Sudath Samaraweera. This has been identified during tests carried out focusing on people arriving in Sri Lanka from foreign countries. Reportedly, the infected person had […]

EASWARAN RUTNAM The Oxford-Astrazeneca and Pfizer coronavirus vaccines will most likely be airlifted to Sri Lanka as early as next month. Speaking to journalists yesterday, state Minister of Primary Health Services, pandemics and COVID Prevention, dr. sud ar shani Fernandopulle said that the cold storage facilities were being prepared for the vaccines. She said that […]

Courtesy Adaderana A total of 31 Members of Parliament have been asked to self-quarantine in Sri Lanka thus far, after three parliamentarians were identified as Covid-19 positive recently. This includes 10 MPs who were identified as close associates of Minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara, who had tested positive for the virus earlier today.  Sergeant-at-Arms Narendra Fernando stated […]

Sunil Wimalawansa Myths & Facts f COVID-19: Prevention of COVID-19 with vitamin D: Application of the knowledge of biology, biochemistry, and physiology of vitamin D for effective control of COVID-19.

Mattha Busby Courtesy The Guardian The sunshine drug: vitamin D is created in the skin’s lower layers through the absorption of sunlight and plays a central role in immune and metabolic function Photograph: Getty Images It’s cheap, widely available and might help us fend off the virus. So should we all be dosing up on the […]

By Sugeeswara Senadhira/Daily News Colombo, January 11 (Daily News): With the Sri Lankan cabinet granting approval to sign an agreement with manufacturers when allocating vaccines through the COVAX facility, vaccination against the dreaded COVID-19 is expected to commence shortly. Sri Lanka has already joined the COVAX facility and the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization […]

By Michael Oduor Courtesy  aftica news Tanzania has signalled that it is not intending to use any Covid-19 vaccine but instead will settle on local herbs for protection against the disease. Speaking to the EastAfrican Gerald Chamii, a spokesman at the Ministry of Health said, There are no plans in place yet of importing vaccine […]

By Frances Bulathsinghala/ Sunday Observer Colombo, January 10: We are in a new year, nurturing hope for nation and mankind that the Covid-19 health crisis will pass away from our midst. However, judging by reports that there is yet another more virulent strain going around originated from Britain, rationality tells us that it remains a […]

By Saeed Shah in Islamabad and Jon Emont in Singapore/Wall Street Journal Courtesy Ceylon Today Islamabad, January 9 (Wall Street Journal): Governments and religious leaders in Muslim-majority nations are talking to vaccine makers, investigating production processes and issuing guidance in an effort to make sure concerns about products prohibited by Islam don’t interfere with Covid-19 […]

Courtesy Adaderana The head of the World Health Organization says there is a clear problem” that low- and middle-income countries are not yet receiving supplies of COVID-19 vaccines and urged countries to stop striking bilateral deals with manufacturers. Rich countries have the majority of the supply,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in strongly-worded comments […]

Ajith Siriwardana and Yohan Perera Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Government was making arrangements to provide COVID-19 vaccines to the people of Sri Lanka by mid-February, Primary Health Care, Epidemics and COVID-19 Disease Control Minister Sudarshani Fernandopulle said today. She told Parliament that the government is engaged in talks with Russia to purchase Sputnik V […]

Courtesy aljazeera 7 Jan 2021 India’s foreign minister has told Sri Lanka’s president that the country will be prioritised when Indian-produced COVID-19 vaccines are ready for export, the president’s office said. Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar made the pledge in a meeting with Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in response to the president’s request for […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් කොරෝනා මර්ධනය සදහා තමන් විසින් හදුන්වා දුන් ඖෂධය ගැන ශ‍්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයෙන් පර්යේෂණයක් සිදු කර ඇති බව කෑගල්ලේ ධම්මික බණ්ඩාර මහතා සදහන් කරයි. නමුත් පර්යේෂකයන්ගේ ඉල්ලීම මත දැනට එම වාර්තා ප‍්‍රසිද්ද නොකරන බවද ඒ මහතා කියා සිටියේ එකී පර්යේෂණ වාර්තාවද පෙන්වමිනි. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=408379460590899&t=19 තම ඖෂධයට බටහිර වෛද්‍යවරුන් හා සෞඛ්‍ය නිලධාරීන් […]