Police warn public failing to wear facemasks in Colombo

Sinopharm cleared only to vaccinate Chinese in Sri Lanka

By Easwaran Rutnam??? The Sinopharm vaccine has been cleared only to vaccinate Chinese nationals in Sri Lanka, as part of a controversial deal between Sri Lanka and China.? State Minister of Pharmaceutical Production, Supply and Regulation Professor Channa Jayasumana told?Daily Mirror?that the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) had informed him that emergency use registration of the vaccine had been waived-off.?? As a result, some 600,000 doses of the vaccine to be donated by Chin

21 Mar, 2021

Over 190 people test positive for Covid in Gampaha

Over 190 people have tested positive for the coronavirus in the Gampaha District over a 24-hour period ending at 6am today. The National Operations Centre for the Prevention of COVID-19 (NOCPC) said a total of 354 infected people were reported during this period. Among them, twelve infected people were identified as those who had returned from overseas. From the remaining 342 local detections, the highest number of infected persons of 197 was reported from the Gampaha District, followed by 58

22 Mar, 2021

Driver of truck involved in Passara accident arrested

The driver of the truck involved in the Passara bus accident has been arrested. The bus had attempted to avoid the truck which had come in the opposite direction when it toppled down a precipice last morning. CCTV video footage showed the bus and truck coming face-to-face just after a bend. The driver of the bus is seen attempting to avid the truck resulting in the bus falling down the precipice. The bus had gone down a precipice near the 13th mile post. The accident had occurred in an area

21 Mar, 2021