BJP says no attacks by Lankan Navy after Modi became PM

Threat of vaccine center cluster emerging?

Health authorities warned that there was a threat of a vaccine center coronavirus cluster emerging in the country.? Health Promotion Bureau Director, Dr.??Dinesh Koggalage said that people gathering in large numbers at vaccination centers, had posed a threat of a new cluster emerging. ?We see some people storming centers to get vaccinated. They must understand that this could result in a new cluster emerging,? Koggalage told reporters. He urged the public to only visit the vaccination centers

18 May, 2021

Sri Lanka to receive another 185,000 doses of Sputnik V

By Easwaran Rutnam Sri Lanka is to receive another 185,000 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine from Russia, the Government said today. State Minister of Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals Professor Channa Jayasumana told Colombo Gazette the vaccines from Russia are expected to arrive next Tuesday. The first batch of 15,000 doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine arrived in Sri Lanka on 4 May. The National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) had in March approved the use of the

18 May, 2021

UNICEF appeals to G7 as numbers rise in Sri Lanka and other countries

The United Nations Children?s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has appealed to G7 leaders for vaccines, as countries like Sri Lanka continue to see a rapid rise in the number of people infected with the coronavirus. UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore said that cases are exploding and health systems are struggling in countries near ? like Nepal, Sri Lanka and Maldives ? and far, like Argentina and Brazil. ?The COVAX Facility ? the global COVID vaccine equity scheme ? will deliver its 65 millionth

17 May, 2021