NCP Governor rejects affidavits against NCP Chief Minister

Four more coronavirus patients recover

Four more persons who had contracted the coronavirus in Sri Lanka were discharged from the National Institute of Infectious Diseases (IDH) in Angoda today. The Ministry of Health said the patients were discharged after a number of tests had been carried out to ascertain their complete recovery. A total of 7 patients have so far recovered and have been discharged from the IDH. A Chinese woman, who was the first person to contract the virus while in Sri Lanka, was the first to be discharged fro

26 Mar, 2020

Special flights to repatriate stranded tourists in Sri Lanka

The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) has taken measures to repatriate tourists who are stranded in Sri Lanka due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country. Issuing a press release, the SLTDA said the Government will allow charter flights to fly out remaining tourists on holiday or on work in Sri Lanka on request. It said according to the Department of Immigration and Emigration there were approximately 18,093 international tourists in the country as of 25 March. The SLTDA said

26 Mar, 2020

No new coronavirus patients detected in 24 hours

The Government says no new patients were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus in Sri Lanka within the last 24 hours ending at 06.00 a.m. today. The Ministry of Health said the 24 hours were monitored from 06.00 a.m. yesterday. No new patients were detected during the course of yesterday as well, the Ministry added. A total of 102 patients were confirmed to have contracted the novel coronavirus in Sri Lanka as of Tuesday night (24). Three patients, including the 2 Sri Lankans and a Chinese wo

26 Mar, 2020