Ranil and South African President hold talks

Doctors, nurses at Gampola hospital quarantined

By Vyshnavy Velrajh Over 80 staff members of the Gampola Teaching hospital have been placed in isolation after a doctor tested positive for Covid -19 this week. Public Health Inspectors Association Secretary M. Baalasooriya told Colombo Gazette that the doctor?s wife employed at the Karapitiya Teaching hospital in Galle had initially tested positive. The doctor had thereafter undergone a rapid antigen test following which he was detected with the virus on Sunday (06). Baalasooriya said howev

10 Dec, 2020

Military officer appointed Public Security Ministry Secretary

Major General (Retired) Jagath Alwis has been appointed as the Secretary to the Ministry of Public Security. The Esquire Chief of the National Intelligence Service is a current member of the Presidential Task Force appointed by the President and tasked with creating a secure country and a disciplined, virtuous, and lawful society. Jagath Alwis will serve as the Secretary to the Ministry of Public Security, which was newly established in November (22). State Minister Rear Admiral Sarath Weeras

10 Dec, 2020

Parents of Muslim infant killed by Covid refuse to accept body

By Indika Sri Aravinda The parents of a Muslim infant killed by the coronavirus have refused to accept the body. The 20-day-old child had died at the Lady Ridgeway Hospital this week. The parents told Colombo Gazette that they had concerns over the PCR test. The parents have also requested that the body be buried in accordance with their beliefs but the request has been turned down. As a result the parents had refused to accept the body yesterday (Wednesday). The Colombo Municipal Council

10 Dec, 2020