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Another batch, including foreigners, leave quarantine centres

Another group of individuals from overseas, who were placed in quarantine centres due to the Covid- 19 outbreak in Sri Lanka, left for home this morning. Military Spokesman Brigadier Chandana Wickremesingeh told Colombo Gazette that the group had left from the Punani, Periyakadu and Puravasakulam quarantine centres today. Six foreign nationals, 2 from Puravasakulam and 4 from Periyakadu, were among the individuals who left the quarantine centres, he said. Brigadier Wickremesinghe said that th

31 Mar, 2020

Number of coronavirus patients rises

The number of patients detected with the coronavirus in Sri Lanka rose to 132 today. The Director General of Health Services Dr. Anil Jasinghe said 10 new cases of Covid-19 were reported as of 04.15 this evening. Meanwhile, the Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health said 111 patients, among the confirmed cases, have been reported as active cases. A total of 173 patients are receiving treatment at hospitals across the country on suspicion of having contracted the virus.? Two deaths have

31 Mar, 2020

WHO chief speaks to GR on Sri Lanka’s fight against COVID-19

World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus spoke to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Sri Lanka’s fight against the coronavirus. Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tweeted saying that he had a good telephone conversation with the President. “We discussed health and economic impacts #COVID19 can have on his country and the whole region. I thanked him for mobilizing the whole-of-government in the fight against the #coronavirus. Together!” Ghebreyesus tweeted. (Colo

31 Mar, 2020