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LocalTags: Print EditionArchdiocesan Director for Social Communications, Rev.Fr.Jude Chrysantha Fernando handed over a petition to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday requesting it to conduct an investigation into a…
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LocalTags: Sri LankaPolice launched an operation in the Western Province to check whether the public is following proper health instructions and to find persons violating the health rules.   The police media stated that, 785 police…
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LocalTags: Sri LankaCOVID19coronavirusOmicron might not spread as fast in Sri Lanka/Europe. We wouldn’t necessarily see the same rate of spread as in South Africa because high rates of Delta and vaccination would be in Omicron’s way, …
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WorldTags: OmicronCOVID19coronavirusPfizer-BioNTechPfizer and BioNTech have said a booster jab of their coronavirus vaccine promises to be an effective defence against the new Omicron variant.   Three doses provide a similar level of…
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WorldTags: WHOCOVID19coronavirusOmicronGovernments need to reassess national responses to COVID-19 and speed up vaccination programmes to tackle Omicron, though it is it too early to say how well existing shots will protect against the…
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WorldTags: CoffinSuicide machineSwitzerlandAcoffin-shaped capsule, which promises relatively painless and peaceful death in under one minute, has cleared legal review in Switzerland, its makers claimed. The death occurs through hypoxia…
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WorldTags: OmicronPakistanSri LankaCOVID19coronavirusPakistan has reported the first case of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron, Pakistan Health Department confirmed on Thursday. According to the provincial health authorities, a private…
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WorldTags: Barnaby JoyceAustraliaDeputy Prime MinisterCOVID19coronavirus Australia's deputy prime minister has tested positive for coronavirus after arriving in the US on an official visit. Barnaby Joyce said he believed he had…
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SportsTags: Rohit SharmaIndiaCricketVirat KohliRohit Sharma was named India's full-time ODI captain by the All-India Senior Selection Committee as they announced the Test squad for their upcoming tour of South Africa. Rohit will…
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LocalTags: FireSri LankaA fire broke out at a factory in Waskaduwa area in Kalutara North this morning.   It is reported that fire has erupted near the place where the stove has been placed and the fire has been doused by the fire…
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