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SWITZERLAND: There were more than 4 million new COVID-19 cases reported globally in the last week, driven mostly by spikes in the Middle East and Asia. That''s according to the World Health Organization''s latest weekly report on…
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US: Daily new COVID-19 cases have climbed to a six-month high in the United States, with more than 100,000 infections reported nationwide as the Delta variant ravaged Florida and other states with lower vaccination rates. The…
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AUSTRALIA: Australian officials on Friday warned Sydney residents to brace for a surge in COVID-19 cases after the country's largest city logged record infections for the second straight day despite a weeks-long lockdown to stamp out…
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UK: Fully vaccinated people in England were one-third as likely to test positive for COVID-19, according to an ongoing survey of the population released on Wednesday. The latest findings, from a long-running study by scientists…
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CHINA: China will strive to provide 2 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to the world throughout this year and offer 100 million U.S. dollars to COVAX, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday in a written message to the first meeting of…
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The first dose of the Sinopharm COVID vaccine was administered to persons over 60 years of age in the Western Province at the 24-hour Army Vaccination Centre at the Vihara Maha Devi Park, Colombo yesterday.  Pictures by Rukmal…
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Kilinochchi Magistrate S. Lenin Kumar last Thursday ordered the police to ascertain whether there was a mass grave at the site where human skeletons were found with military uniforms and tools used by Army personnel in a paddy field in…
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National People’s Power Leader MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake questioned the conduct of the police officers who arrested the university students who held a protest against the Kotelawala National Defence University (KNDU) Bill recently.…
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Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa gave the well-deserved recognition to the Sri Lanka Army for winning the war, Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka, the Gampaha District MP of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya, stated in Parliament yesterday (6).…
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The Government should consider imposing a travel restriction to Kandy district as there have been no patients found infected with the Delta variant from this region, Kandy District Samagi Jana Balawegaya MP Lakshman Kiriella said in…
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