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Northern fishermen in dire straits after Peliyagoda market closed

By Easwaran Rutnam Northern fishermen who are dependent on selling large amounts of fish at the Peliyagoda fish market, have been severely affected with the market being closed for just over two weeks. President of the Ambal Fishermen’s Cooperative of Karainagar in Jaffna K. Rajachandran told Daily Mirror that most fishermen have now decided not to go out to sea as there is no market for fish after the Peliyagoda fish market coronavirus incident. The Peliyagoda fish market was closed on 21 Oc

06 Nov, 2020

Six inmates, prison officer contract coronavirus

By Vyshnavy Velrajh Six inmates and a prison official from the Welikada prison in Colombo have contracted the coronavirus. Commissioner of operations of Sri Lanka Prisons, Chandana Ekanayake told Colombo Gazette that the PCR tests reports of the two male and four female inmates obtained yesterday had confirmed they had tested positive. The department of Prisons has commenced investigations to ascertain the mode of transmission. However, it is strongly suspected that the virus may have been c

05 Nov, 2020

Another five coronavirus related deaths reported in Sri Lanka taking total to 29

Another five coronavirus related deaths have been reported in Sri Lanka, taking the total to 29 deaths so far. Of the five people who died, four are from Colombo and one is from Wellampitiya. A 46-year-old resident of Colombo 2 died while receiving treatment in hospital. He had tested positive for the coronavirus and was also a kidney patient prior to his death. The second coronavirus related death reported today is that of a 68-year-old resident of Wellampitiya. She died after being admitted

05 Nov, 2020