Courtesy Adaderana The Health Ministry says that another 195 persons have tested positive for Covid-19, moving the daily count of new cases detected to 747. Two of the coronavirus infected patients identified today are returnees from overseas. This brings the total number of Covid-19 cases reported in the country to 573,649 while approximately 13,575 infected […]

Courtesy Adaderana The daily count of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sri Lanka moved to 714 today (December 12) as 172 more people were tested positive for the virus, the Epidemiology Unit said. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 572,902. As many as 545,051 recoveries and 14,614 […]

Courtesy Adaderana The daily count of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sri Lanka moved to 762 today (December 11) as 184 more people were tested positive for the virus, the Epidemiology Unit said. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 572,188. As many as 544,626 recoveries and 14,595 […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Special Committee on COVID-19 Control today decided to make the vaccination card mandatory when entering public places in the future,President’s Media Division(PMD) said. Legal advice has been sought with regard to preventing those who have not obtained the vaccine from entering public places in order to prevent the spread of […]

Courtesy Adaderana The daily count of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sri Lanka moved to 754 today (December 10) as 187 more people were tested positive for the virus, the Epidemiology Unit said. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 571,426. As many as 544,200 recoveries and 14,573 […]

Courtesy Adaderana The booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine will be administered to people aged above 30 years from tomorrow (December 09) within the city of Colombo. The Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) said SMS alerts would be sent to all eligible vaccine recipients. 

Courtesy Adaderana The Health Ministry reported that another 236 persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus today, pushing the daily count of new cases to 744.  The new cases of Covid-19 reported today includes one returnee from overseas. Meanwhile the tally of Covid-19 cases confirmed in the country increase to 570,672 while approximately 12,294 […]

Courtesy RT China’s medical regulator has approved Brii Biosciences’ antibody combination Covid-19 treatment for adults and adolescents, making it the first therapy of this kind given the green light in the country. The BRII-196/BRII-198 combination is intended to treat mild Covid-19 and common types” of the disease in patients with high risk of developing severe […]

Courtesy BBC News Pfizer and BioNTech have said a booster jab of their coronavirus vaccine promises to be an effective defence against the new Omicron variant. Three doses provide a similar level of antibodies against Omicron to that of two doses against other variants, the companies said after a small study. The World Health Organization […]

Courtesy Adaderana The daily count of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sri Lanka moved to 757 today (December 08) as 185 more people were tested positive for the virus, the Epidemiology Unit said. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 569,928. As many as 543,467 recoveries and 14,533 […]

Courtesy Adaderana The daily count of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sri Lanka moved to 748 today (December 07) as 222 more people were tested positive for the virus, the Epidemiology Unit said. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 569,171. As many as 543,111 recoveries and 14,505 […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Health Ministry reported that another 173 persons have tested positive for Covid-19 today, increasing the daily count of new cases detected to 741. The coronavirus cases confirmed today includes two returnees from overseas, according to the Epidemiology Unit of the ministry.  Sri Lanka’s total count of Covid-19 cases reported climbs to 568,423 […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Health Ministry says that another 160 persons have tested positive for Covid-19, pushing the daily count of new cases detected to 746. The new cases confirmed within today includes 04 returnees from overseas. This brings the tally of coronavirus cases registered in the country thus far to 567,682 while over 11,000 infected […]

Courtesy Adaderana The daily count of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sri Lanka moved to 740 today (December 04) as 199 more people were tested positive for the virus, the Epidemiology Unit said. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 566,936. As many as 542,010 recoveries and 14,440 […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka has confirmed its first case of Omicron Covid-19 variant, the Health Promotion Bureau announced on Friday (03 December). The virus strain was detected in a Sri Lankan national who recently returned to the island on November 24 from Nigeria, according to Chief Epidemiologist Dr. Samitha Ginige. The 25-year-old female in question […]

Courtesy Adaderana The daily count of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sri Lanka moved to 725 today (December 03) as 217 more people were tested positive for the virus, the Epidemiology Unit said. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 566,196. As many as 541,536 recoveries and 14,419 […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Ministry of Health reports that another 197 persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus today, increasing the daily count of new cases to 735.  This brings the total number of Covid-29 cases confirmed in the country to 565,471. Nearly 10,000 infected patients are presently being treated for the virus across the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Nearly 200,000 additional Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses arrived in Sri Lanka today (December 02) as a donation from the United States. This gift demonstrates the ongoing commitment of the United States to support Sri Lanka in the fight against COVID-19, the U.S. Embassy in Colombo said in a statement. As the pandemic continues and […]

Courtesy Adaderana The daily count of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sri Lanka moved to 744 today (December 01) as 185 more people were tested positive for the virus, the Epidemiology Unit said. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 564,733. As many as 540,783 recoveries and 14,372 […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Director-General of Health Services has published new guidelines for public and work-related activities to be followed from the 01st to 15th of December. In a press release, Dr. Asela Gunawardena noted that there is still a risk for escalation in COVID-19 transmission due to cluster formation, although significant control of the epidemic […]

Courtesy Adaderana The daily count of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sri Lanka moved to 722 today (November 30) as 195 more people were tested positive for the virus, the Epidemiology Unit said. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 563,989. As many as 540,387 recoveries and 14,346 […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Ministry of Health says that another 206 persons have tested positive for Covid-19 pushing the daily count on fresh cases detected to 747. The new cases include two returnees from overseas while the rest are associated with the New Year Covid-19 cluster.  This brings the total number of coronavirus cases registered in […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Health Ministry reported that another 210 persons have tested positive for coronavirus, pushing the daily count of new cases to 742. This brings the tally of Covid-19 cases confirmed in the country thus far to 562,520 while over 18,500 infected patients are currently undergoing treatment island-wide.  The Director General of Health Services […]

By Alex Kleiderman  Courtesy BBC News Face coverings will become mandatory again in shops and on public transport in England from next week under a raft of measures to target the new Covid variant, Omicron, the PM has said. PCR tests for everyone entering the UK will be introduced and all contacts of new variant […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Travellers with a travel history (including transit) in past 14 days to South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Zimbabwe & Eswatini will not permitted to disembark in Sri Lanka, Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAASL) said. In a statement, the CAASL said the travel ban, which was imposed over the new […]

Courtesy Adaderana The daily count of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sri Lanka moved to 719 today (November 27) as 226 more people were tested positive for the virus, the Epidemiology Unit said. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 561,778. As many as 529,240 recoveries and 14,278 […]

Courtesy Adaderana The daily count of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sri Lanka moved to 714 today (November 26) as 226 more people were tested positive for the virus, the Epidemiology Unit said. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 561,059. As many as 528,806 recoveries and 14,258 […]

Courtesy BBC The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a new coronavirus variant to be “of concern” and named it Omicron. It had a large number of mutations, and early evidence suggested an increased reinfection risk, the WHO said. It was first reported to the WHO from South Africa on 24 November, and has also […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Health Ministry reported that another 211 persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, increasing the daily count of new cases to 740.  Six of the new cases are returnees from overseas while the other 205 cases are associated with the New Year COvid-19 cluster.  This increases the total number of Covid-19 […]

Courtesy Adaderana The government has decided to roll out a booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine to people above the age of 20 years, Minister of Health Keheliya Rambukwella said today. Relevant details of the vaccination program are expected to be announced in due course. Meanwhile, administration of the COVID third dose for fully vaccinated immunocompromised […]