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Coronavirus sub-clusters reported in several areas

By Vyshnavy Velrajh Several coronavirus sub-clusters have been reported from across the country since the Sinhala and Tamil New Year, health authorities said. Among the areas where the sub-clusters emerged are Kurunegala, Narammala, Allawwa, Gampaha, Colombo, Puttalam, Trincomalee and Jaffna. Public Health Inspectors (PHI) Association Secretary M. Baalasooriya told Colombo Gazette that sub-clusters were initially reported from the Piliyandala, Maharagama, and Pamunuwa areas. Subsequently sub

23 Apr, 2021

Sri Lanka now says travel bubble with India not suspended

Sri Lanka now says a travel bubble with India has not been suspended and that only a flight scheduled to Kushinagar on 26 April was cancelled. On Tuesday (20), Minister of Tourism Prasanna Ranatunga told Colombo Gazette that Sri Lanka has temporarily put on hold a travel bubble with India. He said the travel bubble has been put on hold as the coronavirus has begun to spread rapidly in India. However, issuing a statement today, the Minister said the travel bubble has not been suspended and tha

22 Apr, 2021

Sri Lanka to bring back 12 fishermen arrested in Myanmar

Sri Lanka is to bring back 12 fishermen arrested in Myanmar, the Foreign Ministry said today. The Foreign Ministry said that it has taken steps to repatriate the 12 Sri Lankan fishermen arrested in Myanmar, tomorrow (23). The Foreign Ministry stated that the fishermen were released after several rounds of talks with the Government of Myanmar. They will be flown from Yangon in Myanmar to Singapore tomorrow on Singapore Airlines flight SQ761 and will be flown to Colombo on Singapore Airlines fl

22 Apr, 2021