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Coronavirus death toll in Sri Lanka goes past 2500

The coronavirus death toll in Sri Lanka crossed the 2500 mark today. The Ministry of Health said that another 54 deaths linked to the virus were confirmed today. The deaths had occurred yesterday (Friday) and was confirmed today. The latest victims included 31 males and 23 females. This took the death toll from the virus in Sri Lanka to 2,534. Sri Lanka has seen a rapid increase in the number of deaths linked to the coronavirus since the Sinhala and Tamil New Year in April. (Colombo Gazette

19 Jun, 2021

Quantity of vaccines for Sri Lanka from US not decided

By Easwaran Rutnam The quantity of vaccines the US is to allocate for Sri Lanka and the timeline by when it will be dispatched, has not yet been determined. Sources at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that there is also no sign of the US making? the AstraZeneca vaccine available for Sri Lanka as the US Food and Drug Administration is yet to clear it for use. “We were assured last month that Sri Lanka will receive from the 7 million doses the US has earmarked for south and south east Asia.

19 Jun, 2021

Urgent steps to be taken to prevent spread of Covid variant

Urgent steps are to be taken to prevent the spread of the Delta Covid variant in Sri Lanka. Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi today instructed the authorities to isolated the area in Dematagoda where the Delta variant was detected and conduct further tests. It was also decided to conduct tests on all those who came in contact with the people infected with the Delta variant. The Health Minister has also instructed the heath authorities to conduct tests in other parts of the country for th

18 Jun, 2021