Police to use CCTV to crackdown on traffic violations

GMOA warns Sri Lanka on verge of facing community spread

By Vyshnavy Velrajh The Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) warns Sri Lanka is on the verge of facing a community spread of the coronavirus. GMOA General- Secretary Dr. Haritha Aluthge told Colombo Gazette that the current outbreaks in Minuwangoda and Peliyagoda are leading to a community spread. As per the World Health Organization (WHO), multiple clusters in a country which are not connected to one another will be considered as a community spread. However, the Ministry of Health

26 Oct, 2020

Dr. Asela Gunawardena appointed new Health Services DG

Dr. Asela Gunawardena has been appointed as the new Director General of Health Services. Prior to the appointment he was serving as the Director of the Kalubowila Colombo South Teaching Hospital. Dr. Asela Gunawardena replaces Dr. Anil Jasinghe who was made Environment Secretary several weeks back. The opposition and the general public kept questioning the Government’s delay to appoint a new Director General of Health Services. Questions had also been raised over the decision to remove Dr. A

27 Oct, 2020

Over 540 people test positive for the coronavirus

Over 540 people tested positive for the coronavirus yesterday (Monday), the?National Operations Centre for the Prevention of COVID-19 (NOCPC) said. NOCPC said that a total of 541 people tested positive for the coronavirus yesterday. Most of them are linked to the Minuwangoda coronavirus cluster and the Peliyagoda Fish Market. The Minuwangoda coronavirus cluster rose to 4941 as of this morning. Of them, 1041 people are employees of the Brandix factory while 3900 are close contacts. Meanwhile

27 Oct, 2020