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Coronavirus patients detected in Kandy District

Over twenty-five (25) COVID- 19 patients were detected in the Kandy district within the last 24-hours ending at 06.00am today. The National Operations Centre for the Prevention of COVID-19 (NOCPC) said that they were among 400 patients detected as of this morning. From the 400 patients, 391 were from three districts, while nine were Sri Lankans who returned from overseas. The NOCPC said that among the locally detected patients, 27 were detected from the Kandy District, 121 from Colombo Distri

23 Nov, 2020

Government not prepared to enforce complete lockdown in Colombo

By Indika Sri Aravinda The Government is not prepared to enforce a complete lockdown in Colombo. Director General of Health Services Dr. Asela Gunawardena told the Colombo Gazette that enforcing a complete lockdown in Colombo will have a serious impact on the economy. As a result he said the authorities are not prepared to enforce a complete lockdown but instead control the situation by isolating only selected areas. Colombo Mayor Rosy Senanayake had recently proposed that the borders around

23 Nov, 2020

Over 320 Sri Lankans return from overseas

Over 320 Sri Lankans, including migrant workers who were stranded overseas due to the coronavirus pandemic, arrived in Sri Lanka this morning. The National Operations Centre for the Prevention of COVID-19 (NOCPC) said that twenty-five Sri Lankans arrived from Doha in Qatar and two from Japan. A total of 295 Sri Lankan migrant workers who were stranded in Kuwait were repatriated via a special flight today. This is the fourth repatriation flight to be operated by the Foreign Ministry since resu

23 Nov, 2020